[tor-bugs] #6259 [Vidalia]: Vidalia can't start Tor: Couldn't access/create private data directory "/usr/bin"

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#6259: Vidalia can't start Tor: Couldn't access/create private data directory
"/usr/bin"
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 Reporter:  akwala   |          Owner:  chiiph          
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:                  
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.18-rc
 Keywords:           |         Parent:                  
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:                  
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 Jun 30 01:45:46.917 [Notice] Tor v0.2.3.18-rc (git-a2015428e4698ff9)
 running on Linux.
 Jun 30 01:45:46.917 [Notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Jun 30 01:45:46.978 [Notice] Read configuration file
 "/home/myname/.vidalia/torrc".
 Jun 30 01:45:47.195 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 2.0.12-stable
 using method epoll (with changelist). Good.
 Jun 30 01:45:47.195 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
 Jun 30 01:45:47.195 [Notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051
 Jun 30 01:45:47.195 [Notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9001
 Jun 30 01:45:47.195 [Warning] /usr/bin is not owned by this user (myname,
 1000) but by root (0). Perhaps you are running Tor as the wrong user?
 Jun 30 01:45:47.195 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't
 access/create private data directory "/usr/bin"
 Jun 30 01:45:47.195 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

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