Re: Tor TransPort on OpenBSD?

[Scott Bennett <bennett@xxxxxxxxxx>]

     On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:16:06 -0600 macintoshzoom
<macintoshzoom@xxxxxxxxxxx> top-posted:
>Thanks!, I will try and tell you about.
>
>Mac.
>
>Christopher Davis wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:28:05PM -0600, macintoshzoom wrote:
>>> Hi Christopher Davis,
>>>
>>> [much text deleted  --SB]
>> 
>> I've attached the patch to this email.
>> 
>> If patching and rebuilding is too much trouble, then simply adjust the 
>> permissions on /dev/pf, ie:
>> 
>> # chgrp torgroup /dev/pf
>> # chmod 660 /dev/pf
>> 
>> Where 'torgroup' is the group Tor runs as. This should quiet the 
>> errors.

     Perhaps OpenBSD works differently in this regard, but in FreeBSD the
above will only last until the next reboot because the /dev directory is
cleared and repopulated during initialization according to the devices
found during kernel autoconfiguration.  To make such changes each time
the system boots, IIRC, one must make the appropriate changes to
/boot/device.hints (see device.hints(5)).


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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