[tor-relays] Moving Tor Files - Backing Up Tor Software On Macos

teor teor at riseup.net
Wed Jul 25 01:28:50 UTC 2018


> On 24 Jul 2018, at 20:06, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
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> So I am trying to backup my relay software (torrc file, relay fingerprint, etc) using my file backup application. However, there is a problem.
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> The macos operating system only allows accessing the /usr/local/, where tor is saved via the Go -> Go to folder option and does not allow it to be found via the finder no matter what, which my backup application (google backup and sync) requires.
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> I tried running defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true as both the normal and sudo user and restarted the computer and finder, and this did nothing.
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> Is it possible to move the tor files to a place where they would be accessible via the Finder or is there a known workaround for this?
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> The software version is tor 0.3.3.9 on macos 10.13.6. Thanks very much.
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https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/34871/how-to-view-root-directory-and-subdirectories-in-finder#83006

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