[tor-relays] tor relay issue on windows 10

[Keifer Bly]

Thanks will try. I know the tor process is not running as it never writes
anything to the log file well over 30 minutes later. I tried checking if
the tor process is running via cmd it is not. Is there a tor command to
generate the geoip files? Thanks very much.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021, 5:17 AM Matt Traudt <pastly at torproject.org> wrote:

> On 4/7/21 23:15, Keifer Bly wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > So I am attempting to start a new relay on Windows Server 2019. The
> > issue is though for an unspecified reason, the tor process just quits
> > when starting the relay:
> >
> > Here is the log file:
> >
> > image.png
> >
> > And then once  it gets to "now checking if qr port is reachable from the
> > outside" the tor process suddenly quits. Im running it as administrator
> > I am wondering why the process would suddenly stop for no apparent
> > reason on reaching this? Here is the torrc, though it seems to read that
> > no issue:
> >
> > SocksPort 0
> > ORPort 4555
> > Nickname testrelay
> > ContactInfo kk at gmail.com <mailto:kk at gmail.com>
> > Log notice file c:\notices.log
> > ControlPort 9051
> > ExitPolicy reject *:*
> >
> > Though it seems to read the torrc file without any issue. Thanks.
> > --Keifer
> >
>
> Hi
>
> I'm not a windows user, and especially not a
> run-things-as-a-service-on-windows user.
>
> My first thought was you somehow unknowingly had RunAsDaemon set to 1.
> But after reading the man page[0] and checking your command line in the
> picture, I don't think this is it.
>
> But in the same spirit of the above: are you *sure* tor isn't
> successfully running in the background? You could check by seeing if
> anything is listening on its ORPort, by checking if the log file is
> getting newer lines than the console, and by the process explorer or
> whatever. (Aside: consider adding a "Log notice stdout" for debugging)
>
> What's the DataDirectory that Tor is trying to use? Maybe it's unable to
> create it and failing silently? I think silent failure would be
> considered a bug. Maybe set DataDirectory in the torrc.
>
> Finally, the last thing that stood out to me is the GeoIP lines in the
> log output. I've never seen "<default>" and I'm guessing
> C:\Users\Administrator\<default> doesn't exist. Perhaps there's a bad
> bug where Tor crashes (silently?) if the GeoIP files don't exist. It
> would be crazy if that existed, IMO, but maybe less crazy if it's a bug
> on Windows systems only. Running little-t tor manually--as a client or
> even as a relay--is much less common on Windows. The thing to try here
> is to specify GeoIPFile and GeoIPv6File in the torrc with the paths to
> the GeoIP files tor ships with (don't try getting a random database off
> the Internet: tor has its own format).
>
> Hope something here was helpful.
>
> Matt
>
> [0]:
>
>        RunAsDaemon 0|1
>            If 1, Tor forks and daemonizes to the
>            background. This option has no effect on
>            Windows; instead you should use the
>            --service command-line option. Can not
>            be changed while tor is running.
>            (Default: 0)
>
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