The Debian/Ubuntu instructions for doing this properly are listed at e.g. https://bugs.torproject.org/25890#comment:1 Or I'll say the updated version here: """ You might like to use the nyx relay monitor to watch your relay's activities from the command line. First, "sudo apt install nyx". Second, as the user that will be running nyx, run "sudo adduser $USER debian-tor" to add your user to the debian-tor group so it can reach Tor's controlsocket. Then log out and log back in (so your user is actually in the group), and run "nyx". """
Thanks Roger. Dumbish question but if we replace 'Then log out and log back in' with 'run "reset" in your console' will that do the trick?
We keep rearranging our docs and losing the instructions, and also Damian (the nyx developer) has been unenthusiastic about complicating nyx's docs with distro-specific instructions, so here we are.
Nope, I'm not against providing them. Just awaiting noob friendly instructions for me to post.
Nyx itself can autodetect when tor's auth cookie is owned by debian-tor and provide Debian specific instructions. If we provide the following will it be accurate?
""" To connect to tor we require one more step. Please run the following and try nyx again...
% sudo adduser $USER debian-tor % reset """