Doing ls -l /var/lib/tor I get the following:
Permissions user user
There are 14 more just like it. Is this normal? And if not, How do I remove them? Thanks for any help!
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How did you install tor, and what operating system are you using?– SteveCommented Aug 14, 2020 at 23:58
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Hi Steve, thank you! I'm trying to run a relay on a droplett using Ubuntu 18.4. If I understand correctly, shouldn't /var/lib/tor be owned by debian-tor?– adriannCommented Aug 16, 2020 at 2:39
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Yes that directory (and all files in it) should be owned by debian-tor if you installed tor using apt.
You should be able to fix that with sudo chown -R debian-tor:debian-tor /var/lib/tor. But first make sure that tor is running under the same user by checking that ps -o user= -p $(pgrep -x tor) returns debian-tor.
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Holy Socks! that answers a few questions. How do I remove owner 'user' and replace with debian-tor? >Adri– adriannCommented Aug 16, 2020 at 3:01
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@adriann (I made an edit to the command above.) Files and directories in Linux can generally have only a single owner, so the command in the post above (
sudo chown ...) replaces the owneruserwith the ownerdebian-tor. The-Roption says to change the owner for all files in the directory as well. Thedebian-tor:debian-torrepeats twice since you want to change not just the owner, but also the group.– SteveCommented Aug 16, 2020 at 3:30 -
When I use the ps -o etc. the return I get is root, not debian-tor. FWIW - ls -l /var/lib/tor produces debian-tor:debian-tor. sudo debian-tor tor produces nothing (understandable I think) > Adri– adriannCommented Aug 18, 2020 at 9:52
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@adriann Okay, the permissions on
/var/lib/torlook okay now, and are still accessible by the user running tor (root in this case). Tor should probably not be running as root though, especially if you installed it using apt. Without knowing more about your setup, I'm not sure how to fix it.– SteveCommented Aug 18, 2020 at 14:37