<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hi Wang! Thank you so much for your help! Why is it something so simple can be so darned complicated - lol!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from Samsung tablet.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Mighty Wang <wang@mighty.wang> </div><div>Date: 4/19/20 2:01 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org </div><div>Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Debian-tor Vs User </div><div><br></div></div>> Switch from root to user = su usrname >Password. The problems start<br>> when I try and su to debian-tor. First I get a query for a password which<br>> it doesn't have. So I make a pass for debian-tor and enter it when I su to<br>> debian-tor. I enter whoami and the response is: user and not debian-tor.<br>> With or without a password it doesn't work. Secondly, if I su debia-tor ><br>> passwrd - sudo -u debian-tor nyx it produces a page and a half of pure<br>> gibberish. Sudo -i to root and enter nyx, it operates perfectly; and yes<br>> I understand I shouldn't run nyx as root.<br>><br>> How do I become debian-tor so I can operate my bridge correctly? Adriann<br>><br>> -- <br>> It can't be, so therefore it isn't - stanton Friedman<br>Hello Kathi<br><br>You need to add your standard user to the debian-tor group. it is not <br>necessary to set a password for the debian-tor user or to try to su to <br>that debian-tor.<br><br>If your username is kathi then as the following one-liner should do what <br>you need on debian:<br><br>"sudo adduser kathi debian-tor"<br><br>Then arm/nyx should fire up as the kathi user...<br><br>regards<br><br>Wang<br><br><br>-- <br><br>MIGHTYWANG 9B2BC7EFD661072AFADC533BE8DCF1C19D8C2DCC<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>tor-relays mailing list<br>tor-relays@lists.torproject.org<br>https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays<br></body></html>