[tor-bugs] #21074 [Core Tor/Tor]: setrlimit fails OSX Sierra

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#21074: setrlimit fails OSX Sierra
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks                          |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.2.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.6.7
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  OSX Sierra setrlimit, tbb-needs,     |  Actual Points:
  031-backport                                   |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  2
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by teor):

 * status:  needs_information => new


Comment:

 Apparently some users encountered this issue after a 10.11.6 security
 update:
 https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/16033/tor-unexpectedly-exited-
 this-might-be-due-to-a-bug-in-tor-itself-another-progr

 And raising file descriptors using sudo fixes it in some cases.

 So yes, I think we should presume that some configurations cause setrlimit
 to fail, and change tor to make setrlimit failures non-fatal.
 (I have multiple Tor Browser instances on admin and non-admin users, so
 it's not a simple permissions issue.)

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