On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Moses wrote: > I've tried this but with no luck. The problem is, after running either >> tor --service install -option -f "C:\blah\torrc" > or >> tor -install -option -f "C:\blah\torrc" > > The "Path to executable:" of "Tor Win32 Service Properties" in Services.msc is > "c:\pathoftor\tor.exe" --nt-service > without parameter instead of > "c:\pathoftor\tor.exe" --nt-service "-f" "C:\blah\torrc" discussed in > that archived post. The "-option -f" parameter is just ignored.
Honestly, I haven't messed with service installation since that post was made; I imagine the installation process has been changed. I don't have a Windows computer handy to mess around with the new versions, but if you're feeling adventurous, you could add the parameters in manually by going to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tor key in the registry, finding the entry that contains the --nt-service tag, and adding "-f" "C:\blah\torrc" to the tail end of it. Alternatively, you could guess where Tor is looking for the torrc (probably Application Data\Vidalia in the service account's home directory) and try placing a copy of your torrc there. ~Justin Aplin > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:47 AM, Justin Aplin <jap...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Windows uses a special account, with it's own home directory and separate >> set of environmental variables, to run NT services. Odds are, when you start >> the service, tor has no idea where your torrc is, and is dropping to >> "reasonable default" values. This is why the default ORPort of 9050 is being >> used. >> >> The trick is declaring a path to the torrc you want to use in the service >> invocation (using the -f flag), making sure the SERVICE account has >> permission to read the torrc (which could be an issue if it's in one of your >> personal home folders), and making sure DataDirectory is declared in your >> torrc (to ensure the same keys are being used every time). >> >> This is covered in a bit more detail in this archive thread: >> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2010-June/000381.html >> >> ~Justin Aplin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-talk mailing list >> tor-talk@lists.torproject.org >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk >> > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
