[tor-bugs] Re: [Tor Bug Tracker] #1274: Tor is not running as user tor

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#1274: Tor is not running as user tor
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  Reporter:  Anmibe                        |       Owner:  phobos            
      Type:  defect                        |      Status:  accepted          
  Priority:  minor                         |   Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final
 Component:  Tor-Tor bundles/installation  |     Version:  0.2.2.7-alpha     
Resolution:  None                          |    Keywords:                    
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Changes (by phobos):

  * owner:  => phobos
  * status:  new => accepted
  * milestone:  => Tor: 0.2.2.x-final


Old description:

> After installing a tor relay with newest expert package
> Tor-0.2.2.9-alpha-i386-Bundle I wondered why tor is running as $USER, but
> not as tor.
> I new user _tor is created and the group daemon exists as well.
> A quick look at the script addsysuser gives a hint:
> At least the lines 58 & 69 â
>
> gid=`niutil -readprop $ROOTPROP /groups/daemon gid`
> uiddef=`nidump passwd / | cut -d: -f3 | sort -n | grep -v '!^[56789]..'
> |grep -v '!^....$' | tail -n 1`
>
> âcanât work properly (besides others) with Snowleopard since nituil and
> nidump doesn't exist anymore. As far as I know there are substituted by
> dscl.
>
> [Automatically added by flyspray2trac: Operating System: OSX 10.6 Snow
> Leopard]

New description:

 After installing a tor relay with newest expert package
 Tor-0.2.2.9-alpha-i386-Bundle I wondered why tor is running as $USER, but
 not as tor.
 I new user _tor is created and the group daemon exists as well.
 A quick look at the script addsysuser gives a hint:
 At least the lines 58 & 69 â

 gid=`niutil -readprop $ROOTPROP /groups/daemon gid`
 uiddef=`nidump passwd / | cut -d: -f3 | sort -n | grep -v '!^[56789]..'
 |grep -v '!^....$' | tail -n 1`

 âcanât work properly (besides others) with Snowleopard since nituil and
 nidump doesn't exist anymore. As far as I know there are substituted by
 dscl.

 [Automatically added by flyspray2trac: Operating System: OSX 10.6 Snow
 Leopard]

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