[tor-bugs] #24764 [Applications/Tor Browser]: OSX 10.13.2 (17C88) - Instant crash on startup

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#24764: OSX 10.13.2 (17C88) - Instant crash on startup
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 Reporter:  thomasd3                  |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Very High                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Critical                  |     Resolution:
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Comment (by thomasd3):

 [thomas:~/Downloads/Tor] $ ./tor
 Jan 01 16:47:14.630 [notice] Tor 0.3.2.7-rc running on Darwin with
 Libevent 2.0.22-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2n, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma N/A, and
 Libzstd N/A.
 Jan 01 16:47:14.631 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Jan 01 16:47:14.631 [notice] Configuration file
 "/var/tmp/dist/tor/etc/tor/torrc" not present, using reasonable defaults.
 Jan 01 16:47:14.634 [warn] Couldn't set maximum number of file
 descriptors: Invalid argument
 Jan 01 16:47:14.634 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Problem with
 ConnLimit value. See logs for details.
 Jan 01 16:47:14.634 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.


 It doesn't start, I get this error right away.

 I tried this too:

 [thomas:~/Downloads/Tor] $ mkdir /var/tmp/dist/tor/etc/tor
 [thomas:~/Downloads/Tor] $ cp /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc
 /var/tmp/dist/tor/etc/tor/
 [thomas:~/Downloads/Tor] $ ./tor
 Jan 01 17:45:14.797 [notice] Tor 0.3.2.7-rc running on Darwin with
 Libevent 2.0.22-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2n, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma N/A, and
 Libzstd N/A.
 Jan 01 17:45:14.798 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Jan 01 17:45:14.798 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/var/tmp/dist/tor/etc/tor/torrc".
 Jan 01 17:45:14.801 [warn] ControlPort is open, but no authentication
 method has been configured.  This means that any program on your computer
 can reconfigure your Tor.  That's bad!  You should upgrade your Tor
 controller as soon as possible.
 Jan 01 17:45:14.801 [warn] Couldn't set maximum number of file
 descriptors: Invalid argument
 Jan 01 17:45:14.801 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Problem with
 ConnLimit value. See logs for details.
 Jan 01 17:45:14.801 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

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