[tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 120, Issue 25

[Patrice Bönig]

Am 03.02.2021 um 21:14 schrieb Patrice Bönig:
> I am now compiling the new 0.4.4.7 version and by that I saw that the 
> entry of "systemd support (--enable-systemd)" is is "no". So I assume 
> that the systemd functionality is not on board, or am I wrong?
> How do I enable for the compiling process?
>
> regards
> Karl
>
>
>> Permissions issue of /var/lib/tor / DataDirectory most likely, and 
>> Tor can't fix it itself since it's likely owned by root, however the 
>> systemd unit starts it under a separate user. 2021-01-22 12:03 GMT, 
>> Patrice B?nig <mailinglist at pboenig.de>:
>>> Hi @ list,
>>>
>>> I am operating a relay for several years and I really do like it and
>>> will do it for more years.
>>>
>>> My current relay residents on Pi 4. At first I installed it via apt but
>>> now the 32 Bit sources are no longer available. So I thought I could
>>> build the from source.
>>>
>>> The building process went well but now I have a problem with the user
>>> permissions. I can't get tor really running.
>>>
>>> _My first attempt was:_
>>>
>>> To start tor with "systemctl start tor". But tor won't start and "
>>> journalctl -u tor" says only this:
>>>
>>> Jan 22 09:06:23 rpi4tor systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Starts The Onion
>>> Router daemon
>>> Jan 22 09:06:23 rpi4tor systemd[1]: Started LSB: Starts The Onion Router
>>> daemon
>>> Jan 22 09:08:32 rpi4tor systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: Starts The Onion
>>> Router daemon
>>> Jan 22 09:08:32 rpi4tor systemd[1]: tor.service: Succeeded.
>>> Jan 22 09:08:32 rpi4tor systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: Starts The Onion Router
>>> daemon
>>> lines 1-6/6 (END)...skipping...
>>> -- Logs begin at Thu 2019-02-14 11:11:59 CET, end at Fri 2021-01-22
>>> 11:54:47 CET. --
>>> Jan 22 09:06:23 rpi4tor systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Starts The Onion
>>> Router daemon processes...
>>> Jan 22 09:06:23 rpi4tor systemd[1]: Started LSB: Starts The Onion Router
>>> daemon processes.
>>> Jan 22 09:08:32 rpi4tor systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: Starts The Onion
>>> Router daemon processes...
>>> Jan 22 09:08:32 rpi4tor systemd[1]: tor.service: Succeeded.
>>> Jan 22 09:08:32 rpi4tor systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: Starts The Onion Router
>>> daemon processes.
>>>
>>> _My second attempt was:_
>>>
>>> I changed the user of all tor files to the current user "pi". After that
>>> I was able to start tor with "tor --quiet" as user "pi". All went fine
>>> until I rebooted the system and all my changes to "pi" where changed to
>>> "debian-tor".
>>>
>>> _My third attempt was:_
>>>
>>> I did "sudo tor --quiet". It works, but in "notices.log" is the
>>> information that I shouldn't do that.
>>>
>>>
>>> So, now I am standing here and don't know what to do. I would like to
>>> start tor via systemd but I don't know what's wrong (maybe the
>>> permissions). Does someone has a hint for me?
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>
>>>
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