Gotcha. What's probably happening here is that you're using the debian tor instance which has its data directory owned by debian-tor. Lets make this simple by not using /etc/tor/torrc. Make a torrc in your home directory like the FAQ link I gave you and run 'tor -f ~/path/to/that/torrc'.
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:22 PM, James <ja...@insiberia.net> wrote: > Damian Johnson: >> That's fine. It's just an example. Try this... >> >> % killall tor >> % cat /etc/tor/torrc >> % tor -f /etc/tor/torrc & >> % telnet localhost <your controlport> >> AUTHENTICATE "my_password" >> >> >> > Sorry to take so long to get back to you, I realized I needed my tor on > for my email. Anyway, this gave me errors too. As shown below: > > > tor -f /etc/tor/torrc & > [1] 31826 > katnip@yarddog:~> Jul 23 14:52:36.979 [notice] Tor 0.3.0.9 > (git-22b3bf094e327093) running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, > OpenSSL 1.0.2l-fips and Zlib 1.2.11. > Jul 23 14:52:36.979 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! > Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning > Jul 23 14:52:36.980 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc". > Jul 23 14:52:36.983 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050 > Jul 23 14:52:36.983 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051 > Jul 23 14:52:36.983 [warn] Directory /var/lib/tor cannot be read: > Permission denied > Jul 23 14:52:36.983 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't > access/create private data directory "/var/lib/tor" > Jul 23 14:52:36.983 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above. > telnet localhost <your controlport> > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' > [1]+ Exit 1 tor -f /etc/tor/torrc > katnip@yarddog:~> tor > Jul 23 15:10:22.774 [notice] Tor 0.3.0.9 (git-22b3bf094e327093) running > on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2l-fips and Zlib 1.2.11. > Jul 23 15:10:22.774 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! > Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning > Jul 23 15:10:22.774 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc". > Jul 23 15:10:22.778 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050 > Jul 23 15:10:22.778 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051 > Jul 23 15:10:22.779 [warn] Directory /var/lib/tor cannot be read: > Permission denied > Jul 23 15:10:22.779 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't > access/create private data directory "/var/lib/tor" > Jul 23 15:10:22.779 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above. > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
