[tor-relays] Problem starting 0.3.0.7 on Ubuntu?

Alexander Dietrich alexander at dietrich.cx
Mon May 22 08:01:40 UTC 2017


On 2017-05-22 04:07, teor wrote:

>> The permissions on /var/lib/tor/SERVICE_NAME/ are "rwx--S---" and it's 
>> owned by debian-tor, which worked for 0.2.9.10.
> 
> What user is your tor process running as?

The Ubuntu packages from d.t.o run Tor as "debian-tor". I would expect 
0.3.0.7 to do the same, but it dies immediately, so I'm not sure.

> There should be a log line with the user name in it.
> 
> Or you could use something like ps.
> 
> Otherwise, you will need to check the command line and both config
> files for a User option.

None of the .service files contains a "User" option. (And systemd 
complains if you try to add one.)

> T
> --
> Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)

Thanks,
Alexander


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