commit 84cd622e515c97d0c9b0d9779204155978926e9d Author: Damian Johnson atagar@torproject.org Date: Fri Oct 7 09:18:14 2011 -0700
fix: fixing tor process detection for openbsd
OpenBSD uses a different variant of ps causing the tor process detection (among many other things) to fail. Caught thanks to a test system from Jordi Clofent. --- src/util/torTools.py | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/util/torTools.py b/src/util/torTools.py index 8e2d6d5..34c9adc 100644 --- a/src/util/torTools.py +++ b/src/util/torTools.py @@ -352,6 +352,19 @@ def isTorRunning():
# suggestions welcome for making this more reliable commandResults = sysTools.call("ps -A co command") + + if not commandResults: + # OpenBSD uses a weird (and largely broken from the looks of it) version of + # ps. It lacks the -A argument and according to the man page -j, -l, and -u + # all do something similar but they fail. + # + # ucomm is defined in the man page as 'Alias: comm. Name to be used for + # accounting.' The alias part is a lie (it works, but with an error + # message), though this seems to do what we want and prints the bare + # command. + + commandResults = sysTools.call("ps -o ucomm=") + if commandResults: for cmd in commandResults: if cmd.strip() == "tor": return True