Hey, so here is something I have noticed. I ran tor.exe via CMD (Windows version of terminal). I wrote this to the torrc:
SOCKSPort 0 # no local SOCKS proxy
ORPort 80 # public bridge must have an open ORPort
ExtORPort auto # configure ExtORPort for obfs4proxy
ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed
BridgeRelay 1 # relay won't show up in the public consensus
PublishServerDescriptor 1 # publish to the bridge authority
# use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443
ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\Desktop\TotBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe
ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 127.0.0.1:8080
ContactInfo keifer.bly@gmail.com
Then did tor.exe -f torrc.txt (including the file directories and all) and it worked, tor launched and red the configuration file, but when using the built in torrc file, this in turn caused tor browser to crash on start, see the screenshot:
However, when I created my own torrc.txt file then started from there, it worked, and tor browser also did not crash on start:
Though it did get stuck on loading (probably due to the tor process already being in use in all). This is problem attic is what I am trying to do is have tor browser start, automatically installing updates (thus automatically updating tor and obfs4 as a result) then start the bridge). I guess I would want to have a torrc that could not be overwritten anyway, but having tor browser and tor running via terminal seemed to cause issues. Is there a way to configure tor browser to automatically install updates on start? If so, I could write a script to start tor browser, close it after a few minutes then start the relay when windows loads possibly.
Sending screenshots so you can see when tor browser crashes and does not crash.
Thank you.
--KeiferOn Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 2:24 AM teor <teor@riseup.net> wrote:_______________________________________________Hi,On 30 Mar 2020, at 18:11, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:The file directoy is named “totbrowser” where tor browser is installed. Thank you.
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From: Keifer Bly
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To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
Subject: RE: Re: [tor-relays] Possible to run a tor bridge/relay via tor browser?
So, I edited the tor install directory so there are no spaces in it, then tried no quotes, single quotes, and double quotes, and it still crashers on start. I wonder why:
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# use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 9003, 443
ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec 'C:\Users\keife\Desktop\TotBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe'
…
This is a directory path:
ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\Desktop\Tor Browser test relay\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports
You need to:
* give tor the path to the obfs4 executable file
* quote the path, because it contains spaces
It's important that you follow these instructions precisely:
* give tor the path to the obfs4 executable file
* quote the path with double quote characters "like this"
* do not delete spaces, the path without spaces is a different path
If that doesn't work:
* double each backslash character like this: \\
If that doesn't work:
* run tor in a terminal, and send us your logs
We seem to be reaching the limits of your experience.
Perhaps there's some other way you can learn about file
paths on Windows and Linux? And processes? And
software updates?
I'm not sure we're the best people to learn system
administration from. Perhaps a beginners sysadmin
mailing list, chat, or course could help?
T
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