[tor-bugs] #12478 [Tor]: Ownership error on hidden service dir encountered on config reload kills Tor process

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#12478: Ownership error on hidden service dir encountered on config reload kills
Tor process
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 Reporter:  andrea  |          Owner:
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal  |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
Component:  Tor     |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.20
 Keywords:          |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:          |         Points:
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 If you add a new hidden service to your torrc with a hidden service dir
 not owned by the Tor process user (I ran across this by rsyncing an HS dir
 from another box), and SIGHUP the Tor process, the error adding the HS is
 not handled cleanly:

 Example:

 {{{
 Jun 26 20:14:06.000 [notice] Received reload signal (hup). Reloading
 config and resetting internal state.
 Jun 26 20:14:06.000 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
 Jun 26 20:14:06.000 [notice] Tor 0.2.4.20 opening log file.
 Jun 26 20:14:06.000 [warn] /var/tor/bitcoind_hidden_service/ is not owned
 by this user (tor, 58) but by root (0). Perhaps you are running Tor as the
 wrong user?
 Jun 26 20:14:06.000 [warn] Error loading rendezvous service keys
 Jun 26 20:14:06.000 [err] set_options(): Bug: Acting on config options
 left us in a broken state. Dying.
 }}}

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