[tor-relays] Relay configuration issue "Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:443: Permission denied"

AJ NOURI ajn.bin at gmail.com
Fri Jan 22 11:24:00 UTC 2016


Removed and reinstalled Tor. Now works fine.
Appreciate your prompt answers guys!

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Louie Cardone-Noott <lcn at fastmail.net>
wrote:

> Try restart instead of reload.
>
> It looks like you've installed from a package, which allows the daemon to
> bind to any port then "drop privileges" (according to the FAQ).
>
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#PackagedTor
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016, at 12:26 AM, AJ NOURI wrote:
>
> *sudo service tor reload*
>
>
>      * Reloading tor daemon configuration...      [fail]
>
>
>
> */var/log/tor/log*
>
>
>     Jan 08 08:01:25.000 [notice] Tor 0.2.7.6 (git-605ae665009853bd)
> opening new log file.
>     Jan 08 10:19:40.000 [notice] Heartbeat: Tor's uptime is 3 days 0:00
> hours, with 0 circuits open. I've sent 1.17 MB and received 28.04 MB.
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [notice] Received reload signal (hup). Reloading
> config and resetting internal state.
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [notice] Read configuration file
> "/usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc".
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [notice] Based on detected system memory,
> MaxMemInQueues is set to 5988 MB. You can override this by setting
> MaxMemInQueues by hand.
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:443
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [warn] **Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:443:
> Permission denied**
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to
> bind one of the listener ports.
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
> For usage, try -h.
>     Jan 08 12:31:58.000 [warn] Restart failed (config error?). Exiting.
>
>
>
>
> *Configuration /etc/tor/torrc*
>
>
>     ORPort 443
>     Nickname ididnteditheconfig
>     RelayBandwidthRate 1000 KBytes  # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
>     RelayBandwidthBurst 2000 KBytes # But allow bursts up to 200KB (1600Kb)
>     ExitPolicy reject *:*
>
>
>
> Opened 443 port on the Internet box:
> http://i.stack.imgur.com/oVwzO.jpg
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> Port 443 locally opened:
> *ss -tunlp | grep 443*
>
>
>     tcp    LISTEN     0      128                    *:443
>   *:*
>     tcp    LISTEN     0      128                   :::443
>  :::*
>
>
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