On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:35:45AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 2/15/14, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: > > Trying to set up a Tor relay node, and the tor package recommended > > tor-arm, which I installed too. > > > > Running "arm" gives the following warning: > > 17:27:19 [ARM_NOTICE] Arm is currently running with root permissions. > > This is not a good idea, and will still work perfectly well if it's > > run with the same user as Tor (ie, starting with > > "sudo -u debian-tor arm"). > > > > When I run the above suggested command (as root), I get the following: > > sudo: unable to execute /usr/bin/arm: Permission denied > > Found the solution at the bottom of this page: > https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian.html.en > 13. You might like to use the arm relay monitor to watch your relay's > activities from the command line. First, "sudo apt-get install > tor-arm". Second, as the user that will be running arm, run "sudo > adduser $USER debian-tor" to add your user to the debian-tor group so > it can reach Tor's controlsocket. Then log out and log back in (so > your user is actually in the group), and run "arm".
That information should be in the README.Debian file. Is it not mentioned? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140217005616.GB24018@tal
