[tor-bugs] #10509 [Tor Launcher]: skip TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH=1 environment variable not honored

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#10509: skip TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH=1 environment variable not honored
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     Reporter:  proper        |      Owner:  brade
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major         |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Launcher  |    Version:
   Resolution:                |   Keywords:
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Comment (by proper):

 Replying to [comment:2 mcs]:
 > The TBB 3.x Torbutton still includes a "Preferences" menu item that
 allows modification of proxy settings.

 Yes. Sorry, I missed that.

 > I cannot say for sure whether everything there works correctly but it
 should.

 I open tickets against TorButton should anything not work. Seems like
 everything still working.

 > TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH=1 is not about avoiding access to the control port... it
 just means that some other process is responsible for starting tor.

 Sounds reasonable. Seems like this ticket may be closed as invalid.

 > We could modify Torbutton to recognized an environment variable that
 causes the "Open Network Settings" menu item to be hidden or disabled.

 That's be good. Created #10632 for it.

 > Is the situation you describe common (no access to the control port)?

 Mike Perry said, that there are a few people using Tor Browser behind a
 TransProxy or with system Tor. (In that sense, don't remember where he
 said that, but in that sense.)

 > I would guess that will be the case with Whonix.

 In Whonix there is either limited* (by
 [https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/CPFP Control Port Filter Proxy]) or
 optionally if the user prefers no access to Tor's control port.

 *Whitelist, contains only "AUTHENTICATE", "GETINFO net/listeners/socks",
 "GETINFO status/bootstrap-phase", "SIGNAL NEWNYM", "QUIT" at the moment.
 Everything else, such as the dangerous "GETINFO address" is blocked.

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