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

[Keifer Bly]

Thanks all. Sorry I am having trouble seeing responses due to the spam
coming across again.
--Keifer


On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:28 AM Paul Geurts <paulus at pollekeg.com> wrote:

> 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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