[tor-bugs] #7636 [Vidalia]: setting socks port for TBB in OS X

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#7636: setting socks port for TBB in OS X
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 Reporter:  garrettr  |          Owner:  chiiph       
     Type:  defect    |         Status:  new          
 Priority:  minor     |      Milestone:               
Component:  Vidalia   |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.25
 Keywords:            |         Parent:               
   Points:            |   Actualpoints:               
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 I'm running the latest Tor Browser Bundle (2.3.25-1) on OS X 10.7. In
 previous TBB's it was possible to change the SocksPort on the bundle's
 version of Tor, which made it easier to configure other applications to
 use the TBB's instance of Tor as a proxy. There appears to be no working
 mechanism to do this in the current version.

 Here are some of the failed ways I have tried to set the SOCKS port:

 1. edit the torrc via Vidalia's preferences: Vidalia > Settings > Advanced
 > Edit current torrc

 This fails with the bug described in tickets #6147, #7299.

 2. edit the torrc manually at its location in path/to/TorBrowser_en-
 US.app/Library/Vidalia/torrc

 This has no effect on the running configuration. Revisiting the torrc via
 "Edit current torrc" in the Preferences shows the changes that have been
 made, but they do not affect the process. It still logs that it is opening
 the SOCKS port and control port on IP:0 (randomly chosen).

 3. edit the vidalia.conf manually (same dir as torrc). Set
 AutoControl=false (with the previous changes to the torrc), recommended as
 a workaround in #4379. Still no change.

 It appears that one of the above tickets may be close to resolution;
 others suggest non-functional workarounds or are over a year old. If this
 ticket is unnecessary please feel free to delete or mark as a dupe - I
 just wanted to make sure people are aware of some highly unexpected
 behavior (especially the ignoring of the torrc, which I find to be quite
 disturbing).

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