[tor-relays] security/tor ignores torrc Log setting?

nusenu nusenu at openmailbox.org
Sat Dec 3 17:02:00 UTC 2016


pa011:
> if you put "Log notice file /var/log/tor/" in torrc you get [warn]
> Couldn't open file for 'Log notice file /var/log/tor/': Is a
> directory

Depending on your torrc this is expected,
but George was implying another thing:

> By default, FreeBSD's tor and tor-devel port want to store logs inside
> /var/log/tor/ **regardless** of what you put in the /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc


If my torrc says:
Log notice syslog

it will not write to /var/log/tor/
so I can not confirm George's observation and was wondering what version
he did observe the mentioned behavior.

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