[tor-relays] Correctly setting up arm

[AntiTree]

FWIW, I had similar aspirations except the Raspberry Pi's aren't able to
push out more than 1-2Mb so I just ran it as a bridge.

Here are some precompiled DEB's for the RBP:
https://github.com/antitree/tor-deb-raspberry-pi (not saying you should
trust me)
Here are some of the build scripts and a little Text-based GUI for
configuring a relay and other stuff:
https://github.com/antitree/tor-raspberry-pi-build-scripts/blob/master/scripts/torpi-config.sh

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Chris Whittleston <csw34 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Haha - yes I am indeed running 0.2.5.6, that would explain the cookie
> issue.
>
> It seems that I've had a GPG key issue which has stopped me updating to
> 0.2.5.7-rc previously, but I've just noticed the new instructions here:
>
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu
>
> It looks like installing deb.torproject.org-keyring will help prevent
> those issues in the future.
>
> I'll update my Pi relay tutorial with this and the updated arm
> instructions
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bf_D_j1O-9ckTS9DY8ngIdiFwHta6Q5Uj_5dvOiavCQ/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Thanks again both,
>
> Chris
>
> On 22 September 2014 22:15, Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 09:34:40PM +0100, Chris Whittleston wrote:
>> > Previously, I've run arm using 'sudo -u debian-tor arm'. As was
>> mentioned
>> > here previously, this is not how you should run it - in fact there is a
>> bit
>> > of documentation to suggest how it should be done.
>>
>> Yep. See https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10700
>> for the discussion.
>>
>> > Unfortunately I'm having
>> > some issues getting arm working correctly as described here in step 14:
>> >
>> > https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian.html.en#after
>> >
>> > Having added my user (pi) to the debian-tor group, I try to run 'arm'
>> and
>> > get the following:
>> >
>> > Failed to read authentication cookie (permission denied):
>> > /var/run/tor/control.authcookie
>>
>> What Tor version are you using? There was a bug in Tor 0.2.5.1-alpha
>> through 0.2.5.6-alpha that broke cookie auth for this situation:
>> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12864
>> It is fixed in 0.2.5.7-rc.
>>
>> > I've tried reinstalling arm, relogged and checked that I'm in the right
>> > group still using 'groups' (which I am) - no joy.
>> >
>> > CookieAuthentication wasn't initially enabled, turning it on makes no
>> > difference, I get the same error.
>>
>> As Grace pointed out, torrc isn't the only config file that your
>> Tor deb uses.
>>
>> > Am I missing something when it comes to setting up
>> CookieAuthentication? I
>> > guess I must be...although it seems strange that I was getting that
>> error
>> > even with CookieAuthentication disabled.
>>
>> If the Tor version hint doesn't do it for you, I'm not sure what the
>> next step is. Hopefully it does. :)
>>
>> --Roger
>>
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