[tor-bugs] #4805 [Vidalia]: Vidalia 0.2.15 update messed up with TOR config

Mon Jan 2 20:21:08 UTC 2012

#4805: Vidalia 0.2.15 update messed up with TOR config
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 Reporter:  ggallozz       |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  defect         |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal         |      Milestone:                 
Component:  Vidalia        |        Version:  Vidalia: 0.2.15
 Keywords:  update 0.2.15  |         Parent:                 
   Points:                 |   Actualpoints:                 
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Comment(by t|bo):

 The vidalia update sets the control socket to a location in /var/run/tor.
 On some systems (such as my Ubuntu 11.10) /var/run does not survive
 reboot, so /var/run/tor would need to be created with the proper
 permissions by root sometime before vidalia starts. /etc/init.d/tor has
 code that does this but only after verifying that Tor is running as
 daemon.

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