Re: [tor-relays] UbuntuCore stats update

teor:

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Chad MILLER:

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Torix, that's still true. Snaps restrict syscalls so tightly that switching users is not possible.

Is it possible to start tor with a non-root user directly (without using tor's user parameter to drop privileges)?

Yes, but you must pre-configure tor's directories with the correct user and permissions. Tor has strict requirements for private key security.

Generally speaking tor supports it (FreeBSD does it) but my question was more towards Chad's tor snap package. Was your answer also for the snap?

thanks, nusenu