New to tor, is not working :(

Question

I downloaded tor which ran but was "unable to connect" when I tried to access any sites. I uninstalled it and reinstalled but now it is just displaying:

"Unable to connect to listener port"

8/30/19, 11:33:09.876 [WARN] You specified a public address '103.36.122.33:8080' for SocksPort. Other people on the Internet might find your computer and use it as an open proxy. Please don't allow this unless you have a good reason. 
8/30/19, 11:33:09.876 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections. 
8/30/19, 11:33:09.876 [WARN] You specified a public address '103.36.122.33:8080' for SocksPort. Other people on the Internet might find your computer and use it as an open proxy. Please don't allow this unless you have a good reason. 
8/30/19, 11:33:09.876 [NOTICE] Opening Socks listener on 103.36.122.33:8080 
8/30/19, 11:33:09.876 [WARN] Could not bind to 103.36.122.33:8080: Can't assign requested address 
8/30/19, 11:33:09.876 [WARN] Controller gave us config lines that didn't validate: Failed to bind one of the listener ports. 

Please let me know how i can fix it! I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling over it again but it doesn't work. I am using admin account on mac.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if it's working now, but I did it a time ago, in mac first, you need to have brew you could install via below command

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

then install

brew install tor polipo privoxy

so tor is installed now, but there further moves to touch.

apped below line in below file (if file dosn't exist create it):

/usr/local/etc/polipo/config

below lines:

socksParentProxy = "localhost:9050"
socksProxyType = socks5

now edit this file:

/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config

and uncomment below line from it:

 forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .

now

brew services start tor

brew services start polipo

brew services start privoxy

For checking if tor is connected or not

use this command:

tail -f /usr/local/var/log/tor.log  

if not you have to get a non-obfs-bridge bridge, and it's now deprecated, so you must use obfs3, scramblesuit, fte, or obfs4.

to get bridge just email get transport obfs4 to [email protected].

edit /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc file and append these below lines to the end of torrc file:

UseBridges 1
ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/local/bin/obfs4proxy
Bridge `YOUR-OBFS4-BRIDGE`

before doing last step dowload this file and make it as executable via chmod +x obfs4proxy command & put the downloaded file in below directory:

/usr/local/bin/obfs4proxy

now you can restart tor, and it's ready.

brew services restart tor

resource

Answer 2

The problem is in your config - and it's clearly stated in the error message. Edit the config and remove all the lines with the external IP from your error message, so Tor will check it up automatically. You can post your config so I will be able to help you a way better. In your case there's no need for reinstall or another install - just fix the config file. If you need further help - just drop me a line!