[tor-relays] Reset torrc file

[Sec INT]

Hi 

Im using webmin but have done for a number of upgrades and this hasnt happened before but I agree seems more likely to be a package manager issue - just very odd that all torrc were renamed and new default torrc were generated...

Cheers
Mark B
Snaptor.co.uk (non commercial)


> On 21 Dec 2016, at 22:13, Ivan Markin <twim at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> Sec INT:
>> I upgraded all relays and exits to 0.2.9.8 but the torrc file was
>> then renamed on all of them when the daemon restarted automatically -
>> this meant the torrc file was then recreated as defaut  losing all my
>> settings and all relays exits were not working - this hasnt happened
>> in all other upgrades to new versions but was pretty inconvenient
>> when having to go back and replace all torrc files - is this normal?
> 
> This should not happen, actually*. It solely depends on your package
> manager (this is who rewrites your torrc files), so consult its
> documentation how to deal with config updates.
> Please drop a hint here if you succeeded!
> 
> * This never happened to me on many systems as they have some sort of
> config management.
> 
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> Ivan Markin
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