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Re: [tor-relays] switching from root to unprivileged user

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Subject: Re: [tor-relays] switching from root to unprivileged user
From: Zack Weinberg <zackw@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:48:32 -0500
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On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:43 PM, Quintin <tor-admin@portaltodark.world> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 7:34 PM George <george@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> TorGate:
>> > is this a god ide tor running as root ?
>>
>> It doesn't run as root. root starts the daemon, then switches over to
>> unprivileged/nologin _tor user.
>
>
> Is this the case even if "ps -C tor u"  shows it runs as root?

No, 'ps' should show the unprivileged user. Check whether you have a
"User" setting in your torrc.  (I think George was referring
specifically to the way FreeBSD pkgsrc configures tor.)
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