I have just built and installed tor-0.2.1.15-rc in replacement for my previous 0.2.0.34 version.
Nothing has changed from before this upgrade, not the location or entries in my torrc, not the perms on tor, not the perms on /var/lib/tor, etc. When I try to start tor via vidalia, it now fails with messages: Jun 04 13:23:43.160 [Warning] Error setting groups to gid 85: "Operation not permitted". Jun 04 13:23:43.160 [Warning] If you set the "User" option, you must start Tor as root. Jun 04 13:23:43.160 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Problem with User value. See logs for details. Jun 04 13:23:43.160 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above. I have a "toruser" group set on my system. I am a member of the toruser group. It worked before, but now it doesn't. Then there is the doubletalk - "you must start tor as root" !!!!???? I read that it is a bad idea and totally unnecessary to run tor as root and here this message is telling me I MUST run it as root all of a sudden. I want vidalia to start tor when I run it as a mere user who happens to be a member of the toruser group. How do I do this? Nothing I do with the vidalia settings changes anything and I am still prevented from running tor and I will not run it as root. Someone, please explain/help? thx praedor -- "If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives." - Will Rogers
