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Re: [tor-relays] Problem starting 0.3.0.7 on Ubuntu?



> On 22 May 2017, at 00:30, Alexander Dietrich <alexander@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> did anyone else run into a problem when upgrading from 0.2.9.10 to 0.3.0.7 on Ubuntu?
> 
> Tor is no longer starting, with these messages in syslog:
> 
> [notice] Read configuration file "/usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc".
> [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
> [warn] Directory /var/lib/tor/SERVICE_NAME/ cannot be read: Permission denied
> [warn] Checking service directory /var/lib/tor/SERVICE_NAME/ failed.
> [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to configure rendezvous options. See logs for details.
> [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
> 
> The permissions on /var/lib/tor/SERVICE_NAME/ are "rwx--S---" and it's owned by debian-tor, which worked for 0.2.9.10.

What user is your tor process running as?

There should be a log line with the user name in it.

Or you could use something like ps.

Otherwise, you will need to check the command line and both config
files for a User option.

T
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