Tor is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option

I am running tor on a new Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS system. I have restarted tor a couple of times with service tor restart I noticed when I start arm that it is telling me that The torrc differs from what tor's using. You can issue sighup to reload ... It seems that tor is running with default values and is not reading /etc/tor/torrc as there is no ... -f /etc/tor/torrc option being used by the running tor when it is displayed with 'ps'. The 'ps' output for the tor instance is /usr/bin/tor --defaults-torrc /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc --hush I had asumed that because I have set DirPort to 80 and ORPort to 443 in /etc/tor/torrc and can see in the tor log files that those two ports are reachable from outside, that the running tor was reading /etc/tot/torrc. Something is amiss with my tor configuration but I don't know what. Any hints as to where to look would be welcome while I try to RTFM again! Cheers Q

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 09:05:21PM +0100, Tor Stuff wrote:
I am running tor on a new Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS system. I have restarted tor a couple of times with
service tor restart
I noticed when I start arm that it is telling me that
The torrc differs from what tor's using. You can issue sighup to reload ...
It seems that tor is running with default values and is not reading /etc/tor/torrc as there is no ... -f /etc/tor/torrc option being used by the running tor when it is displayed with 'ps'.
The 'ps' output for the tor instance is
/usr/bin/tor --defaults-torrc /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc --hush
I had asumed that because I have set DirPort to 80 and ORPort to 443 in /etc/tor/torrc and can see in the tor log files that those two ports are reachable from outside, that the running tor was reading /etc/tot/torrc.
Something is amiss with my tor configuration but I don't know what.
Any hints as to where to look would be welcome while I try to RTFM again!
Cheers
Q
This isn't really a Tor issue, it's an Ubuntu one. But you need to figure out how "service" is launching Tor and change it to point to your /etc torrc. --Sean

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 It normally uses /usr/bin/<service name> On 21/09/2015 15:50, Sean Greenslade wrote:
On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 09:05:21PM +0100, Tor Stuff wrote:
I am running tor on a new Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS system. I have restarted tor a couple of times with
service tor restart
I noticed when I start arm that it is telling me that
The torrc differs from what tor's using. You can issue sighup to reload ...
It seems that tor is running with default values and is not reading /etc/tor/torrc as there is no ... -f /etc/tor/torrc option being used by the running tor when it is displayed with 'ps'.
The 'ps' output for the tor instance is
/usr/bin/tor --defaults-torrc /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc --hush
I had asumed that because I have set DirPort to 80 and ORPort to 443 in /etc/tor/torrc and can see in the tor log files that those two ports are reachable from outside, that the running tor was reading /etc/tot/torrc.
Something is amiss with my tor configuration but I don't know what.
Any hints as to where to look would be welcome while I try to RTFM again!
Cheers
Q
This isn't really a Tor issue, it's an Ubuntu one. But you need to figure out how "service" is launching Tor and change it to point to your /etc torrc.
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On 21/09/2015 15:50, Sean Greenslade wrote:
On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 09:05:21PM +0100, Tor Stuff wrote:
I am running tor on a new Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS system. I have restarted tor a couple of times with
service tor restart
I noticed when I start arm that it is telling me that
The torrc differs from what tor's using. You can issue sighup to reload ...
It seems that tor is running with default values and is not reading /etc/tor/torrc as there is no ... -f /etc/tor/torrc option being used by the running tor when it is displayed with 'ps'.
The 'ps' output for the tor instance is
/usr/bin/tor --defaults-torrc /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc --hush …
This isn't really a Tor issue, it's an Ubuntu one. But you need to figure out how "service" is launching Tor and change it to point to your /etc torrc. On 22 Sep 2015, at 02:15, Billy Humphreys <PokeAcer549@outlook.com> wrote:
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On Ubuntu, service starts /usr/bin/tor using the script in /etc/init.d/tor Try editing the line that reads: ARGS=“” To read: ARGS="-f /etc/tor/torrc” This appears to have occurred as part of a recent package update, as I experienced exactly the same issue on Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (trusty), and tor was using /etc/tor/torrc a few weeks ago. (Also, Billy, please don’t top-post, it makes the thread of conversation hard to read. Instead, post after the paragraph you’re replying to, and edit the message down to the parts needed to understand your response.) Tim Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP 968F094B teor at blah dot im OTR CAD08081 9755866D 89E2A06F E3558B7F B5A9D14F
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