Re: Tor 0.1.0.10 on OSX Tiger problems

[Christopher Soghoian <csoghoian@xxxxxxxxx>]

My user is an admin user. I don't think there is anything special
about my security config (although, I have turned filevault on, if
that counts).

/var/log/tor/ is an empty directory. Does the installer spit stuff out
somewhere where I should look?

Cheers,

Chris



On 6/15/05, phobos@xxxxxxxxxx <phobos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok, I have installed and un-installed 0.1.0.10 from dmg and cannot
> replicate this behavior.  I've done absolute uninstalls, removing all
> traces of tor, include the _tor user.  Unless there is some non-default
> security config, or the account you are using to do this isn't an Admin,
> I can't get it to fail.
> 
> If if you are not an admin, osx install prompts you for a admin
> username/pword.  It won't install otherwise.
> 
> I'm at a loss for now.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 02:17:44PM -0400, nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote 2.2K bytes in 65 lines about:
> : On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 05:35:14PM -0700, Christopher Soghoian wrote:
> : > 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.
> :
> : That's not quite right.  You need to run it with "start" or "stop" as
> : an argument.  Who told you to run it with no params?
> :
> : > 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.
> :
> : Oh, interesting.  It looks like the installer is supposed to create a
> : _tor user for you, but isn't.  Maybe it's busted on Tiger.  Phobos:
> : this would be a good place to start checking this out.
> :
> : yrs,
> :
> : --
> : Nick Mathewson
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