Re: [tor-relays] different torrc and fingerprint when rebooted

[Kali Tor <kalitor42@xxxxxxxxx>]

From what I read, I should be OK if I copy over the directory structure of /home/tor/.tor to /var/lib/tor

Can someone confirm?

-kali-




> On Monday, July 7, 2014 5:30 PM, Kali Tor <kalitor42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> 
> When I installed tor for the first on an Ubuntu machine, ran it when logged in 
> as normal user "tor" using the /etc/tor/torrc. However today I had to 
> reboot the node and when it came back ps showed that it was using a different 
> torrc
> /usr/sbin/tor --defaults-torrc /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc --hush
> 
> IN addition, it seem to be running with a different/new fingerprint!
> 
> The content of /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc is:
> 
> DataDirectory /var/lib/tor
> PidFile /var/run/tor/tor.pid
> RunAsDaemon 1
> User debian-tor
> 
> ControlSocket /var/run/tor/control
> ControlSocketsGroupWritable 1
> 
> CookieAuthentication 1
> CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1
> CookieAuthFile /var/run/tor/control.authcookie
> 
> Log notice file /var/log/tor/log
> 
> 
> Could it be due to the different "User" that I have a new fingerprint?
> 
> How do I make sure that the next time I reboot I use the correct torrc at 
> /etc/tor/torrc and the correct fingerprint?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -kali-
> 
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