[tor-relays] What is the command to view the tor log file on Debian?

[Paul Geurts]

hi Keifer,

some options:

tor is not running as the default instance (This is what Matt allready said
in his mail, for example because you use something like ansible rules to
set it up), you could try using:
sudo journalctl -eu tor*

on debian the logging from tor is in some cases put in /var/log/syslog
(this depends on how you have installed tor, again, if you used ansible
rules to setup tor this could be the case). So if you edit this file you
can find the relevant tor line items. There are lots of other options to
look at syslog, simple way to start could be:

cd /var/log
more syslog | grep Tor
(this shows only line items from syslog that contain 'Tor' in it)

or

sudo more syslog | grep Tor
(depends on the account you are using)




gr. Paul


On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 8:38 AM Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey so upon running the command Matt suggested, this is the return:
>
> It says there are no logs to display. Thanks. Wonder how else to do it?
> --Keifer
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:15 AM Matt Traudt <pastly at torproject.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Assuming you didn't add any `Log` lines to the torrc and assuming you
>> are using the `default` tor instance,
>>
>>    journalctl -eu tor at default
>>
>> -e to jump to the end
>> -u to specify the unit, tor at default
>>
>> Logs end up here by default because
>> /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc has `Log notice syslog`. I
>> think (but don't know for sure) adding a `Log` line in your torrc would
>> override this, since this appears in the defaults torrc.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On 7/29/20 1:09 PM, Keifer Bly wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > So I am trying to view the tor log file (for how much traffic was sent,
>> > etc) on my relay since start? I am trying using the “less
>> > /var/log/tor/torrc.txt” command but this only shows a blank screen with
>> > the word END and nothing else on Debian Linux.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks very much.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --Keifer
>> >
>> >
>> >
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