[tor-bugs] #7951 [Tor bundles/installation]: [Ubuntu 12.04] Before Tor can create a control socket in "/var/run/tor/control", the directory "/var/run/tor" needs to exist, and to be accessible only by the user account that is running Tor.

Mon Jan 14 03:24:41 UTC 2013

#7951: [Ubuntu 12.04] Before Tor can create a control socket in
"/var/run/tor/control", the directory "/var/run/tor" needs to exist, and to
be accessible only by the user account that is running Tor.
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 Reporter:  RedheadedCupcake          |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
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 This is what the log says...I have no idea what I am doing

 Jan 13 22:10:34.001 [Notice] Tor v0.2.2.35 (git-73ff13ab3cc9570d). This is
 experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on
 Linux i686)
 Jan 13 22:10:34.002 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 2.0.16-stable
 using method epoll. Good.
 Jan 13 22:10:34.002 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
 Jan 13 22:10:34.002 [Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address
 already in use. Is Tor already running?
 Jan 13 22:10:34.002 [Warning] /var/run/tor is not owned by this user (kat,
 1000) but by debian-tor (121). Perhaps you are running Tor as the wrong
 user?
 Jan 13 22:10:34.002 [Warning] '''Before Tor can create a control socket in
 "/var/run/tor/control", the directory "/var/run/tor" needs to exist, and
 to be accessible only by the user account that is running Tor.'''  (On
 some Unix systems, anybody who can list a socket can conect to it, so Tor
 is being careful.)
 Jan 13 22:10:34.002 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to
 bind one of the listener ports.
 Jan 13 22:10:34.002 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

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