sudo systemctl enable tor

On Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 2:15 PM, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote: Hi,

So on Debain 12, is there a way to configure tor to start automatically when the os boots? Thanks.

--Keifer

On Sunday, December 1st, 2024 at 14:15, Keifer Bly keifer.bly@gmail.com wrote:

So on Debain 12, is there a way to configure tor to start automatically when the os boots? Thanks.

One way is to use the @reboot time in a cron job. If you run

crontab -e

you can edit your list of cron jobs and add in something like

@reboot /path/to/tor

Mine looks like this:

SHELL=/bin/bash @reboot ~/conforg/scripts/tor-run.sh

The script that gets run is here:

https://github.com/wdenton/conforguration/blob/master/conforg/scripts/tor-ru...

It sets up a tmux session with four windows: one running Tor, one tailing the log, one showing a bar chart of bandwidth use, and one a shell where I can run a report of bandwidth use. Combined, if the machine reboots then thirty seconds after it comes back Tor is running and I can run `tmux attach` to check in on it, then or weeks later.

Bill

-- William Denton https://www.miskatonic.org/ Librarian, artist and licensed private investigator. Toronto, Canada