I can look but don't think that could be the issue. I don't start tor as a service when I boot, I manually start it (via Tork or Vidalia). If I don't start tor up via script in the rc directories, how could such a script have any effect on tor started on command?
praedor On Thursday 04 December 2008 12:27:50 Scott Bennett wrote: > > > >I have no idea what the problem is with the torrc file. I merely took the > >sample provided with the software and uncommented the applicable parts > > (after Tork failed to configure it) and copy it to torrc. What is the > > deal with tor-0.2.1.7? What has changed vis a vis configuration that > > appears to break it compared to the any and all of the previous versions? > > Most important of all, how do I get past this so I can start running tor > > again? > > The problem may not actually be in the torrc file. Check to see > whether you have a startup/shutdown script, perhaps run by /etc/rc on your > system, that specifies --user and --group. If you do, try removing those > arguments from the command line that starts tor in the script. > The error messages could be more accurate.
