[tor-bugs] #13116 [Ooni]: oonibackend fails to start tor when asking it to drop priviledges

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#13116: oonibackend fails to start tor when asking it to drop priviledges
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     Reporter:  hellais  |      Owner:  hellais
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Ooni     |    Version:
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Comment (by hellais):

 The correct way of doing this would be to place the logic for starting tor
 inside of the preApplication or startService, the problem is that from
 doing a little bit of research it appears twisted does not support
 returning Deferreds in there. These are the relevant trac tickets of
 twisted: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/5941,
 https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/6813.

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