[tor-relays] UbuntuCore stats update

teor teor2345 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 00:31:47 UTC 2017


> On 11 Dec 2017, at 09:50, nusenu <nusenu-lists at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> Chad MILLER:
>> Torix, that's still true. Snaps restrict syscalls so tightly that switching
>> users is not possible.
> 
> Is it possible to start tor with a non-root user directly (without using
> tor's user parameter to drop privileges)?

Yes, but you must pre-configure tor's directories with the correct user
and permissions. Tor has strict requirements for private key security.

If this doesn't work, let us know: there have been bugs in this code
in the past.

--
Tim / teor

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