On Thursday 04 June 2009 13:31:34 Ted Smith wrote: > On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 13:28 -0400, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > 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 you set the "User" option in torrc, Tor will try to change uid to > that user. That capability is only available to the root user. If you > want to run Tor as a lower user from the start, unset the "User" option.
Thanks, but if I unset the user option then it fails to start because it cannot create /var/lib/tor (which exists and is owned by toruser.toruser of which I am a member). I do not want the lib/tor in my home I want it in one single location on my system. This worked before I upgraded to 0.2.1.15-rc so I don't understand why it refuses now. 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
