[tor-relays] HALP!

Markus Koch niftybunny at googlemail.com
Tue Aug 23 20:53:04 UTC 2016



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> On 23 Aug 2016, at 22:41, Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:00:57PM +0200, Markus Koch wrote:
>> I just deleted my best running exit node to move to another vps.
>> 
>> I copied /etc/tor and /var/lib/tor + keys dir and moved it to the new
>> vps. I double-checked the files/keys are the same but i still get a
>> new fingerprint. Wtf is wrong with me?
> 
> Here's the FAQ entry:
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#UpgradeOrMove
> 
> It sounds like you did that though.
> 
> Sounds like it's time to debug and question your assumptions. :)
> 
> For example, were they both Debian systems, using the Tor deb? I am
> wondering in particular if the new Tor thinks it should be using that
> DataDirectory.

Yes and yes.

> 
> Do the log files give you any hints?

I copied all the stuff, checked it and deleted the old vps. So I only see the new logfiles and they are fine, tor finds everything but with a different fingerprint. If the config would be in a different dir on the old vps, how comes that there are config files in both dirs?

> 
> I'm guessing this is the 'niftyguineapig' relay?
> 
Yes :(

> --Roger
> 
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