On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:39:55 -0800 (PST) CyberRax <cyberrax@yahoo.com> wrote:

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From: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> =A0 =A0 I delayed moving from 0.2.3.7-alpha to 0.2.3.10-alpha until now = [...] =A0=A0=A0=A0 ...no log files were created

2 thoughts: a) does the user have access to the logging folder? (_tor rather than root) b) if you're building through FreeBSD's ports system then the installed /us= r/local/etc/rc.d/tor gives the log filename from commandline which, =A0=A0 if I understand correctly, overrides the settings given in torrc (th= at change was made in 0.2.3.9 or so)

*Very* good clue! Thank you very much! Several years ago, I did install a version of tor via the ports tree, but soon switched to building it myself due to delays in new versions being incorporated into the ports and a concern over potentially losing key files, torrc, etc. if I needed to remove it temporarily or during updates. However, I left the infrastructure stuff (e.g., the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/tor script and the /var/db/tor and /var/log/tor directories) in place. The version information line in it still says, # $FreeBSD: ports/security/tor/files/tor.in,v 1.2 2006/08/06 12:26:25 arved Exp $ :-) Anyway, I deleted the --log option from the line that starts/stops tor, and it created both log files this time when I started it. The original script specified /var/log/tor as a log file, so I must have long ago changed it to a directory to hold more than one log file and then forgotten I had done that. /var/log is a directory only writeable by root anyway, and /var/log/tor is a directory only writeable by _tor, so tor would not have been able to create a file called /var/log/tor. Thanks again for the pointer! Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************