Re: "permission denied" on wake-up

[KT <listclient@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/14/09, monitor <monitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:54:32 -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 04:12:43PM +0100, David McKeegan wrote:
>>> Tor newbie here.
>>>
>>> I set my relay (running on an Ubuntu VPS) to hibernate after 2GB and
>>> everything seemed to be working fine until the time came for it to
>>> wake up for the first time. My log showed this repeated error:
>>>
>>> Jul 14 14:11:56.045 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:443
>>> Jul 14 14:11:56.045 [warn] Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:443: Permission
>>> denied
>>>
>>> A tor restart seemed to fix the problem, with logs showing
>>
>> Right. The problem is that you can't configure hibernation plus pick a
>> low-numbered port currently.
>>
>> See https://bugs.torproject.org/flyspray/index.php?do=details&id=918
>> for details -- in Tor 0.2.1.x, we've added a warning during boot that
>> you've chosen two incompatible config choices. For later versions of
>> Tor, we hope to have a smarter answer.
>
> Thank you, Roger. Should I edit the TorFAQ, so that others don't make
> the same mistake as me?
>
>>
>>> Don't want to have to manually restart every day. Any idea what the
>>> problem might be and how to fix it?
>>
>> For now, the workaround is to either not configure hibernation, or to
>> pick a port above 1023.
>
> I need to hibernate as my bandwidth has a monthly cap. Any port
> recommendations, or should I just go with the default 9001?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Dave
>