[tor-relays] Fwd: WG: Tor is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option

[Tor Stuff]

Hi Christian

I think you lost that cup of coffee! I did a bit more research since my
posting and found the info I needed by doing 'man tor' on my Ubuntu 14.04.3
system.

The tor man page says that tor looks for /etc/tor/torrc by default, or
$HOME/.torrc if that file is not found. I only have an /etc/tor/torrc file
and I am satisfied that it is being read correctly by tor.

The ARM_WARN message of which I originally complained is an arm problem,
not a tor one, it seems.

Thanks to all those who replied.

Cheers

Q

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Christian <brightsidedarkside at t-online.de>
wrote:

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> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: WG: [tor-relays] Tor
> is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option Datum: Mon, 21 Sep 2015
> 18:38:36 +0200 (MEST) Von: brightsidedarkside at t-online.de An:
> tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>
> Sorry, to dumb to handle Android Mail.
> And prone to mistrust regarding my private address.
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> Gesendet mit meinem HTC
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> An: "Billy Humphreys" <PokeAcer549 at outlook.com> <PokeAcer549 at outlook.com>
> Betreff: [tor-relays] Tor is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option
> Datum: Mo., Sep. 21, 2015 18:36
>
> Hi all,
>
> I might miss the point, but as I also run Tor on Ubuntu, I can confirm it
> reads both config files, the default one and my torrc.
> The default one makes sure e.g. privilege dropping to user debian-tor and
> a few other things in case you miss to set them properly.
> My ORPort and other config is done via my torrc.
> And I would bet a cup of tasty coffee that Tor on Ubuntu looks for
> /etc/torrc and not for /etc/tor/torrc, but I always lose when I'm willing
> to bet, so I guess it's just a little stubborn.
>
> Greetings to you all.
>
> Christian
>
> Gesendet mit meinem HTC
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> Von: "Billy Humphreys" <PokeAcer549 at outlook.com> <PokeAcer549 at outlook.com>
> An: <tor-relays at lists.torproject.org> <tor-relays at lists.torproject.org>
> Betreff: [tor-relays] Tor is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option
> Datum: Mo., Sep. 21, 2015 18:15
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> It normally uses /usr/bin/<service name>
>
> On 21/09/2015 15:50, Sean Greenslade wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 09:05:21PM +0100, Tor Stuff wrote:
> >> I am running tor on a new Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS system. I have
> >> restarted tor a couple of times with
> >>
> >> service tor restart
> >>
> >> I noticed when I start arm that it is telling me that
> >>
> >> The torrc differs from what tor's using. You can issue sighup to
> >> reload ...
> >>
> >> It seems that tor is running with default values and is not
> >> reading /etc/tor/torrc as there is no ... -f /etc/tor/torrc
> >> option being used by the running tor when it is displayed with
> >> 'ps'.
> >>
> >> The 'ps' output for the tor instance is
> >>
> >> /usr/bin/tor --defaults-torrc
> >> /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc --hush
> >>
> >> I had asumed that because I have set DirPort to 80 and ORPort to
> >> 443 in /etc/tor/torrc and can see in the tor log files that those
> >> two ports are reachable from outside, that the running tor was
> >> reading /etc/tot/torrc.
> >>
> >> Something is amiss with my tor configuration but I don't know
> >> what.
> >>
> >> Any hints as to where to look would be welcome while I try to
> >> RTFM again!
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Q
> >
> > This isn't really a Tor issue, it's an Ubuntu one. But you need to
> > figure out how "service" is launching Tor and change it to point to
> > your /etc torrc.
> >
> > --Sean _______________________________________________ tor-relays
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