[tor-relays] TOR service wont start with ORPort enabled

[Volker Mink]

I think I found something.....

>> could not bind to 0.0.0.0:9001: address already in use

Where can i set the binding?

Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi tor[499]: Starting tor daemon...Feb 14
14:04:59.318 [warn] Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:9001: Address already in use.
Is Tor already running?
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi tor[499]: Feb 14 14:04:59.324 [warn] Failed to
parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: tor.service: control process exited,
code=exited status=1
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi tor[499]: Feb 14 14:04:59.328 [err] Reading
config failed--see warnings above.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi tor[499]: failed.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Starts The
Onion Router daemon processes.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit tor.service entered failed
state.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Multi-User System.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Reached target Multi-User System.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Graphical Interface.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical Interface.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Update UTMP about System
Runlevel Changes...
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Update UTMP about System
Runlevel Changes.
Feb 14 14:04:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Startup finished in 2.206s (kernel)
+ 22.232s (userspace) = 24.439s.
Feb 14 14:05:04 raspberrypi dhcpcd[496]: eth0: no IPv6 Routers available
Feb 14 14:05:14 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Time has been changed
Feb 14 14:07:15 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Starts The Onion
Router daemon processes...
Feb 14 14:07:16 raspberrypi tor[586]: Starting tor daemon...Feb 14
14:07:16.092 [warn] Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:9001: Address already in use.
Is Tor already running?
Feb 14 14:07:16 raspberrypi tor[586]: Feb 14 14:07:16.098 [warn] Failed to
parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
Feb 14 14:07:16 raspberrypi systemd[1]: tor.service: control process exited,
code=exited status=1
Feb 14 14:07:16 raspberrypi tor[586]: Feb 14 14:07:16.103 [err] Reading
config failed--see warnings above.
Feb 14 14:07:16 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Starts The
Onion Router daemon processes.
Feb 14 14:07:16 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit tor.service entered failed
state.
Feb 14 14:07:16 raspberrypi tor[586]: failed.


> On 14 Feb 2016, at 23:05, Volker Mink <volker.mink at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hey there.
> 
> I recently updated my working TOR Exit from Raspian Wheezy to Jessie and
also updatet my TOR-Version.
> 
> Now I got the problem, that the TOR-service wont start when I have the
ORPort in the torrc-file enabled.
> Port 9001 is forwarded at my router and the Pi is also in the DMZ.

Can you please send us the Tor log messages?
They usually say why Tor won't start.

Tim

Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)

teor2345 at gmail dot com
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teor at blah dot im
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