[tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

Alexander Dietrich alexander at dietrich.cx
Sat Aug 6 13:49:37 UTC 2016


The error message "Ungültiger Anwender „_tor-tor“" appears several times 
in your log, while there are no error messages about user "_tor-tor2". 
Does the first user exist?

Best regards,
Alexander
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On 2016-08-06 14:56, pa011 wrote:
> Thank you Michael for your hint - corrected that, but still having
> that problem with main instance not running:
> 
> Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd-sysctl[142]: Failed to write '10 # to reboot
> after kernel panic' to '/proc/sys/kernel/panic': Invalid argument
> Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd[1]: systemd-sysctl.service: main process
> exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd[1]: Failed to start Apply Kernel Variables.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd[1]: Unit systemd-sysctl.service entered failed 
> state.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  kbd[135]: Setting console screen modes.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  kbd[135]: setterm: $TERM ist nicht festgelegt.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  keyboard-setup[158]: Setting preliminary 
> keymap...done.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  netfilter-persistent[277]: run-parts: executing
> /usr/share/netfilter-persistent/plugins.d/15-ip4tables start
> Aug  6 14:30:02  netfilter-persistent[277]: run-parts: executing
> /usr/share/netfilter-persistent/plugins.d/25-ip6tables start
> Aug  6 14:30:02  console-setup[220]: Setting up console font and 
> keymap...done.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  networking[297]: Configuring network 
> interfaces...done.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  rpcbind[399]: Starting rpcbind daemon....
> Aug  6 14:30:02  rpc.statd[416]: Version 1.2.8 starting
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sm-notify[417]: Version 1.2.8 starting
> Aug  6 14:30:02  nfs-common[411]: Starting NFS common utilities: statd 
> idmapd.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  atd[433]: Cannot change to /var/spool/cron/atjobs: No
> such file or directory
> Aug  6 14:30:02  install[431]: /usr/bin/install: Ungültiger Anwender 
> „_tor-tor“
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sysstat[445]: Starting the system activity data
> collector: sadc.Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd[1]: tor at tor.service: control
> process exited, code=exited status=1
> Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay
> network for TCP (instance tor).
> Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd[1]: Unit tor at tor.service entered failed state.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd[1]: atd.service: main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Aug  6 14:30:02  systemd[1]: Unit atd.service entered failed state.
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: DataDirectory /var/lib/tor-instances/tor2
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: PidFile /var/run/tor-instances/tor2/tor.pid
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: RunAsDaemon 0
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: User _tor-tor2
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: SyslogIdentityTag tor2
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: ControlSocket
> /var/run/tor-instances/tor2/control GroupWritable RelaxDirModeCheck
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: SocksPort
> unix:/var/run/tor-instances/tor2/socks WorldWritable
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: CookieAuthentication 1
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: CookieAuthFile
> /var/run/tor-instances/tor2/control.authcookie
> Aug  6 14:30:02  sed[481]: Log notice syslog
> Aug  6 14:30:03  acpid: starting up with netlink and the input layer
> Aug  6 14:30:03  acpid: 1 rule loaded
> Aug  6 14:30:03  acpid: waiting for events: event logging is off
> Aug  6 14:30:03  install[491]: /usr/bin/install: Ungültiger Anwender 
> „_tor-tor“
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: tor at tor.service: control process exited,
> code=exited status=1
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay
> network for TCP (instance tor).
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: Unit tor at tor.service entered failed state.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[482]: Aug 06 14:30:03.109 [notice] Tor v0.2.8.6
> (git-b88847615faea7c8) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable,
> OpenSSL 1.0.1t and Zlib$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[482]: Aug 06 14:30:03.110 [notice] Tor can't help
> you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at
> https://www.torproject.org/download/downl$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[482]: Aug 06 14:30:03.112 [notice] Read
> configuration file "/usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc".
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[482]: Aug 06 14:30:03.114 [notice] Read
> configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[489]: Aug 06 14:30:03.116 [notice] Tor v0.2.8.6
> (git-b88847615faea7c8) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable,
> OpenSSL 1.0.1t and Zlib$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[489]: Aug 06 14:30:03.117 [notice] Tor can't help
> you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at
> https://www.torproject.org/download/downl$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[489]: Aug 06 14:30:03.117 [notice] Read
> configuration file "/var/run/tor-instances/tor2.defaults".
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[489]: Aug 06 14:30:03.118 [notice] Read
> configuration file "/etc/tor/instances/tor2/torrc".
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[489]: Aug 06 14:30:03.120 [notice] Based on
> detected system memory, MaxMemInQueues is set to 370 MB. You can
> override this by setting MaxMem$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[482]: Aug 06 14:30:03.120 [notice] Based on
> detected system memory, MaxMemInQueues is set to 370 MB. You can
> override this by setting MaxMem$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[482]: Aug 06 14:30:03.122 [notice] Not disabling
> debugger attaching for unprivileged users.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[482]: Configuration was valid
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[489]: Aug 06 14:30:03.126 [notice] Not disabling
> debugger attaching for unprivileged users.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[489]: Configuration was validAug  6 14:30:03
> tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.221 [notice] Tor v0.2.8.6
> (git-b88847615faea7c8) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable,
> OpenSSL 1.0.1t and Zlib$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.221 [notice] Tor can't help
> you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at
> https://www.torproject.org/download/downl$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.221 [notice] Read
> configuration file "/var/run/tor-instances/tor2.defaults".
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.222 [notice] Read
> configuration file "/etc/tor/instances/tor2/torrc".
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[497]: Aug 06 14:30:03.228 [notice] Opening
> Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[497]: Aug 06 14:30:03.228 [notice] Opening OR
> listener on 0.0.0.0:443
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[497]: Aug 06 14:30:03.228 [notice] Opening
> Directory listener on 0.0.0.0:80
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.230 [notice] Based on
> detected system memory, MaxMemInQueues is set to 370 MB. You can
> override this by setting MaxMem$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.235 [notice] Opening Socks
> listener on 127.0.0.1:0
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.236 [notice] Socks listener
> listening on port 38400.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.237 [notice] Opening
> Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9052
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.237 [notice] Opening OR
> listener on 0.0.0.0:444
> Aug  6 14:30:03  tor[500]: Aug 06 14:30:03.237 [notice] Opening
> Directory listener on 0.0.0.0:81
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Tor v0.2.8.6 (git-b88847615faea7c8)
> running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1t and Zlib
> 1.2.8.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Tor can't help you if you use it
> wrong! Learn how to be safe at
> https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Read configuration file
> "/var/run/tor-instances/tor2.defaults".
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Read configuration file
> "/etc/tor/instances/tor2/torrc".
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Based on detected system memory,
> MaxMemInQueues is set to 370 MB. You can override this by setting
> MaxMemInQueues by hand.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:0
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Socks listener listening on port 38400.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Opening Control listener on 
> 127.0.0.1:9052
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:444
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Opening Directory listener on 
> 0.0.0.0:81
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Not disabling debugger attaching for
> unprivileged users.Aug  6 14:30:03  install[503]: /usr/bin/install:
> Ungültiger Anwender „_tor-tor“
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: tor at tor.service: control process exited,
> code=exited status=1
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file 
> /usr/share/tor/geoip.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay
> network for TCP (instance tor).
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: Unit tor at tor.service entered failed state.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file 
> /usr/share/tor/geoip6.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  install[510]: /usr/bin/install: Ungültiger Anwender 
> „_tor-tor“
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: tor at tor.service: control process exited,
> code=exited status=1
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay
> network for TCP (instance tor).
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: Unit tor at tor.service entered failed state.
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Configured to measure statistics. Look
> for the *-stats files that will first be written to the data directory
> in 24 hours from no$
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Your Tor server's identity key 
> fingerprint is '
> Aug  6 14:30:03  Tor-tor2[500]: Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
> Aug  6 14:30:03  install[517]: /usr/bin/install: Ungültiger Anwender 
> „_tor-tor“
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: tor at tor.service: control process exited,
> code=exited status=1
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay
> network for TCP (instance tor).
> Aug  6 14:30:03  systemd[1]: Unit tor at tor.service entered failed state.
> Aug  6 14:30:04  systemd[1]: tor at tor.service start request repeated
> too quickly, refusing to start.
> Aug  6 14:30:04  systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay
> network for TCP (instance tor).
> 
> Rgds
> 
> Paul
> 
> Am 06.08.2016 um 14:06 schrieb Michael Armbruster:
>> Hi Paul,
>> 
>> You have applied a wrong ExitPolicy entry somewhere in your torrc for
>> the default instance.
>> 
>> You wrote
>> 
>> "ExitPolicy reject x.x.x.x/80"
>> 
>> though most probably you wanted to block the port 80 on a specific
>> address, so you have to provide
>> 
>> "ExitPolicy reject x.x.x.x:80"
>> 
>> instead, with a colon, not a slash. The slash is there to block a
>> specific address *range*. You can read more about subnets and the
>> calculation for a bitmask here: 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetwork
>> 
>> Best,
>> Michael
>> 
>> On 2016-08-06 at 13:30, pa011 wrote:
>>> I am inexperienced an have probably the same problem after upgrading 
>>> to 0.2.8.6.
>>> 
>>> Even after reboot my second instance Tor-tor2 is running while the 
>>> default service is exiting - syslog looks like this:
>>> 
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.744 [notice] Tor v0.2.8.6 
>>> (git-b88847615faea7c8) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, 
>>> OpenSSL 1.0.1t and Zlib$
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.745 [notice] Tor can't 
>>> help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at 
>>> https://www.torproject.org/download/downl$
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.745 [notice] Read 
>>> configuration file "/usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc".
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.745 [notice] Read 
>>> configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.747 [notice] Based on 
>>> detected system memory, MaxMemInQueues is set to 370 MB. You can 
>>> override this by setting MaxMem$
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.751 [warn] Bad number of 
>>> mask bits (80) on address range; rejecting.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.751 [warn] Couldn't parse 
>>> line "x.x.x.x/80". Dropping
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.751 [warn] Malformed 
>>> policy 'reject x.x.x.x/80'. Discarding entire policy list.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.752 [warn] Failed to 
>>> parse/validate config: Error in ExitPolicy entry.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  tor[542]: Aug 06 12:11:33.752 [err] Reading config 
>>> failed--see warnings above.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  systemd[1]: tor at default.service: control process 
>>> exited, code=exited status=1
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay 
>>> network for TCP.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  systemd[1]: Unit tor at default.service entered failed 
>>> state.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  systemd[1]: tor at default.service start request 
>>> repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay 
>>> network for TCP.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:33  systemd[1]: Unit tor at default.service entered failed 
>>> state.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:38  Tor-tor2[492]: Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the 
>>> Tor network
>>> Aug  6 12:11:38  Tor-tor2[492]: Signaled readiness to systemd
>>> Aug  6 12:11:38  Tor-tor2[492]: Opening Control listener on 
>>> /var/run/tor-instances/tor2/control
>>> Aug  6 12:11:38  Tor-tor2[492]: Self-testing indicates your ORPort is 
>>> reachable from the outside. Excellent.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:39  Tor-tor2[492]: Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake 
>>> with first hop
>>> Aug  6 12:11:39  Tor-tor2[492]: Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor 
>>> circuit
>>> Aug  6 12:11:40  Tor-tor2[492]: Tor has successfully opened a 
>>> circuit. Looks like client functionality is working.
>>> Aug  6 12:11:40  Tor-tor2[492]: Bootstrapped 100%: Done
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Could somebody please give me a detailed hint what to do please?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Am 05.08.2016 um 20:27 schrieb tor relay:
>>>>> So there is no way to disable the default instance using systemctl 
>>>>> after all?
>>>> 
>>>> To answer my own question:
>>>> systemctl mask tor at default
>>>> disables the default instance for real.
>>>> 
>>>> ..but I'm still curious why tor at default is a static unit (without 
>>>> [Install] section)
>>>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=147964
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