Re: [tor-relays] VPS Connection Refused

[Michael McConville <mmcconv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kurt Besig wrote:
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> On 12/2/2015 3:06 PM, Michael McConville wrote:
> > Kurt Besig wrote:
> >> I just set up a VPS on PulseServers as I noticed quite a few
> >> running relays had mostly good things to say about the service.
> >> So Far the people operating the servers seem very cooperative and
> >> responsive. Anyway I've been running a middle relay for 1.5 years
> >> and know the "ropes" pretty well, however a VPS is new to me. 
> >> After setting up Tor and tor-arm on the VPS I'm not able to
> >> connect with this error: unable to reconnect (connection refused.
> >> Is the ControlPort Enabled?) I've edited ~/home/.arm/torrc and
> >> /etc/tor/torrc un-commenting the ControlPort 9052 and all the
> >> other typical ports, etc.. Obviously I'm not able to forward or
> >> enable ports on the VPS, so do I need to ask the admin to make
> >> some changes?
> > 
> > The arm process needs to be either root's or _tor's (assuming that
> > the tor process uses the _tor user). It's better not to use root,
> > as it's unsafe. So, this will likely work:
> > 
> >> sudo -u _tor arm
> > 
> I use debian_tor as my tor group, but I don't think that's the issue.

Did you try it (sudo -u debian_tor arm)? Worth a shot.
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