Re: Tor 0.1.0.10 on OSX Tiger problems

[phobos@xxxxxxxxxx]

I'll check this out tonight.  I could swear I did the same thing last
night without any issues.

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 09:28:10AM -0700, csoghoian@xxxxxxxxx wrote 2.7K bytes in 83 lines about:
: Hi,
: 
: The installer seemed to work just fine (no errors).
: 
: This is a fresh format/install of Tiger, on a G4 tower desktop.
: 
: I removed all of /Library/Startupitems/Tor, Privoxy, and /Libary/Tor, etc
: 
: Did a fresh install from the dmg again, same error:
: 
: vg0602f-dhcp71:/Library/StartupItems/Tor root# ./Tor
: ./Tor: line 59: $1: unbound variable
: vg0602f-dhcp71:/Library/StartupItems/Tor root# ./Tor start
: Starting Tor Service
: vg0602f-dhcp71:/Library/StartupItems/Tor root# Jun 15 09:26:58.593
: [notice] Torv0.1.0.10. This is experimental software. Do not rely on
: it for strong anonymity.
: Jun 15 09:26:58.643 [err] switch_id(): User '_tor' not found.
: Jun 15 09:26:58.644 [err] init_from_config(): Acting on config options
: left us in a broken state. Dying.
: 
: vg0602f-dhcp71:/Library/StartupItems/Tor root# md5sum Tor
: 25804bb5f5613bc4cf2a71aceb4e883e  Tor
: vg0602f-dhcp71:/Library/StartupItems/Tor root# ls -lh .
: total 24
: -rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  220B Jun 14 14:10 StartupParameters.plist
: -rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    1K Jun 14 14:10 Tor
: -rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   14B Jun 15 09:25 Tor.loc
: 
: 
: Any ideas?
: 
: Chris
: 
: On 6/15/05, phobos@xxxxxxxxxx <phobos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: > I haven't seen this behavior under Tiger.  Did anything go wrong during
: > the install of Tor + Privoxy?  Have you upgraded to Tiger or fresh
: > format and install?
: > 
: > 
: > Either way, it sounds like the install of Tor+Privoxy is broken in
: > various ways.  Perhaps a re-install off a fresh DMG?
: > 
: > -Andrew
: > 
: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 05:35:14PM -0700, csoghoian@xxxxxxxxx wrote 1.0K bytes in 32 lines about:
: > : Hi all,
: > :
: > : I've just tried to install Tor on a freshly installed copy of Mac OSX
: > : Tiger (10.4).
: > :
: > : After rebooting, it seems that privoxy is up and running just fine, but tor will
: > : not start automatically.
: > :
: > : privoxy is listed in the process list, while tor is not.
: > :
: > : I can start Tor by hand, using "/Library/Tor/tor", but if i try to use
: > : the startup script, I get errors.
: > :
: > : As I understand it, Mac OS will run the script
: > : "/Library/StartupItems/Tor/Tor" by itself, with no params.
: > :
: > : When i try to do this, I get the following error: "./Tor: line 59: $1:
: > : unbound variable"
: > :
: > : If I start it by doing: "/Library/StartupItems/Tor/Tor start", then it
: > : gets a bit further, and then dies with:
: > :
: > : Jun 14 17:33:42.602 [notice] Torv0.1.0.10. This is experimental
: > : software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity.
: > : Jun 14 17:33:42.681 [err] switch_id(): User '_tor' not found.
: > : Jun 14 17:33:42.681 [err] init_from_config(): Acting on config options
: > : left us in a broken state. Dying.
: > :
: > :
: > : Am i doing something wrong, or is there some other magic needed to get
: > : Tor to start by itself on Mac OS?
: > 
: > --
: > 
: >

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