On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9:48 PM Zack Weinberg <zackw@cmu.edu> wrote:
No, 'ps' should show the unprivileged user. Check whether you have a
"User" setting in your torrc.  (I think George was referring
specifically to the way FreeBSD pkgsrc configures tor.)

Adding a User setting and updating some permissions worked to get tor running as an unprivileged user. 
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