[tor-relays] confusing error from "tor --verify-config"

Patrice mailinglist at pboenig.de
Wed Dec 21 13:46:14 UTC 2016


Hi,

> My bad, shell for debian-tor is set to /bin/false and so it prevents any
> command from running. Setting shell should "fix" this:
>
> su debian-tor -s /bin/sh -c "tor --verify-config"
>
> --
> Ivan Markin

thank you for your hint, that solved it. :-) Now I`ve got this beautiful 
non error output:

# su debian-tor -s /bin/sh -c "tor --verify-config"
Dec 21 14:10:43.078 [notice] Tor 0.2.9.8 (git-a0df013ea241b026) running 
on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1t and Zlib 1.2.8.
Dec 21 14:10:43.078 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! 
Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
Dec 21 14:10:43.078 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
Configuration was valid


Cheers,
Patrice


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