Hi Christian I think you lost that cup of coffee! I did a bit more research since my posting and found the info I needed by doing 'man tor' on my Ubuntu 14.04.3 system.
The tor man page says that tor looks for /etc/tor/torrc by default, or $HOME/.torrc if that file is not found. I only have an /etc/tor/torrc file and I am satisfied that it is being read correctly by tor. The ARM_WARN message of which I originally complained is an arm problem, not a tor one, it seems. Thanks to all those who replied. Cheers Q On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Christian <brightsidedarks...@t-online.de> wrote: > > > > -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: WG: [tor-relays] Tor > is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option Datum: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 > 18:38:36 +0200 (MEST) Von: brightsidedarks...@t-online.de An: > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > > Sorry, to dumb to handle Android Mail. > And prone to mistrust regarding my private address. > > Gesendet mit meinem HTC > > ----- Forwarded message ----- > Von: > An: "Billy Humphreys" <pokeacer...@outlook.com> <pokeacer...@outlook.com> > Betreff: [tor-relays] Tor is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option > Datum: Mo., Sep. 21, 2015 18:36 > > Hi all, > > I might miss the point, but as I also run Tor on Ubuntu, I can confirm it > reads both config files, the default one and my torrc. > The default one makes sure e.g. privilege dropping to user debian-tor and > a few other things in case you miss to set them properly. > My ORPort and other config is done via my torrc. > And I would bet a cup of tasty coffee that Tor on Ubuntu looks for > /etc/torrc and not for /etc/tor/torrc, but I always lose when I'm willing > to bet, so I guess it's just a little stubborn. > > Greetings to you all. > > Christian > > Gesendet mit meinem HTC > > ----- Reply message ----- > Von: "Billy Humphreys" <pokeacer...@outlook.com> <pokeacer...@outlook.com> > An: <tor-relays@lists.torproject.org> <tor-relays@lists.torproject.org> > Betreff: [tor-relays] Tor is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option > Datum: Mo., Sep. 21, 2015 18:15 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > It normally uses /usr/bin/<service name> > > On 21/09/2015 15:50, Sean Greenslade wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 09:05:21PM +0100, Tor Stuff wrote: > >> I am running tor on a new Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS system. I have > >> restarted tor a couple of times with > >> > >> service tor restart > >> > >> I noticed when I start arm that it is telling me that > >> > >> The torrc differs from what tor's using. You can issue sighup to > >> reload ... > >> > >> It seems that tor is running with default values and is not > >> reading /etc/tor/torrc as there is no ... -f /etc/tor/torrc > >> option being used by the running tor when it is displayed with > >> 'ps'. > >> > >> The 'ps' output for the tor instance is > >> > >> /usr/bin/tor --defaults-torrc > >> /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc --hush > >> > >> I had asumed that because I have set DirPort to 80 and ORPort to > >> 443 in /etc/tor/torrc and can see in the tor log files that those > >> two ports are reachable from outside, that the running tor was > >> reading /etc/tot/torrc. > >> > >> Something is amiss with my tor configuration but I don't know > >> what. > >> > >> Any hints as to where to look would be welcome while I try to > >> RTFM again! > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Q > > > > This isn't really a Tor issue, it's an Ubuntu one. But you need to > > figure out how "service" is launching Tor and change it to point to > > your /etc torrc. > > > > --Sean _______________________________________________ tor-relays > > mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > > - -- > _______________________________________________ > My GPG keyID is 0x6DEF6C26 - the key is avaliable on most keyservers. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWAC06AAoJEHukJMVt72wm7g8P/2QB01RxefD5hGFFwlt2k651 > RwPeD1FaeAlRUDTsb4nUpxv0Cy5tYvzMmlqOx5YbWNgH7iBqYynoUXuWSgD/skfp > Zfycin75lSOSLv5nj3gFDfh6z7xivxcwl8sfrtS/wRNmWtPaiVPx+uz+7K8Vr/qn > 1A5QADFoCRBaQtl44cXJWdWtg5CKtPoCHEA95vYQDMunoL0diJJJyQH3wq7ERRgJ > kamoZn6EtIVx+EJYkZmQ21GXTa9c5hjkW+reI6XUKZkgnq61Vbkw6HkRW7UUo8/y > rp8q5sYmDCL61fZnSD7DeBFBBj7ajnccsGzjV5bBG9ztD7iTVvh0SWu05FaghcRu > gpZ+/M7Z/8OUkCgr6F4YFAuE6mwJIcF8azSFXvuCsiVVfxo6DA8BGjzvLouZvdkx > Q8SfCQYKUCAURtIamws5jRZHk+dSkktPvWqu4KMfmxbvtrA9xt8h2B/6+ix0c2X2 > OXd13fl+D0E/Hu7Ka653SUBxiOJ2AbRGQDh998SjfAWA0qqkXLDTn6q6APlCB3g2 > yjl03EVPdqx8zjGcQfeHhtmoEpWo92nPWzpXVeHODOu3UrTVF+wN5zlFf/NkVb16 > v0kuyzCtnd5EZ8AbyI/c2ZGANMffuv47kHq8u2VQ+hZJJrN22Lc4Zs/PD31sBZGD > 5WhIC9mkp/WD6rt9/+K9 > =37jU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > >
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