[tor-bugs] #12948 [Tor Browser]: TBB Linux 4.0-Alpha-1 HashedControlPassword not working

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#12948: TBB Linux 4.0-Alpha-1 HashedControlPassword not working
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 Reporter:  vis15                                |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  normal                               |         Status:  new
Component:  Tor Browser                          |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Keywords:  TBB, Linux, HashedControlPassword,   |  unspecified
  Alpha                                          |        Version:  Tor:
Parent ID:                                       |  unspecified
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 On TBB 4.0-Alpha Linux 64-bit when trying to connect to the control port
 with the password of "secret" I get the following error: "515
 Authentication failed: Password did not match HashedControlPassword *or*
 authentication cookie."

 In start-tor-browser script file, line 225 "unset TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD" this
 leaves the control password blank. Every time I start TBB the
 HashedControlPassword is different.

 When setting TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD in the terminal, TBB fails to start. Error
 message is: "[warn] Bad password or authentication cookie on controller."

 When setting TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD in start-tor-browser script file the same
 error message is reported "[warn] Bad password or authentication cookie on
 controller."

 When manually setting HashedControlPassword in torrc, tor ignored it and
 sometimes changed it.

 All errors happened on a clean/brand new Linux Mint 64-bit Virtual
 Machine.

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