is this a possible unreported bug in the tor browser 6.0.3 on tails 2.5 live?
just for clarification, i experimented and added these commands:
ExitNodes {CH}
StrictNodes 1
either one by one or all at the same time to these files (to no avail):
/usr/local/lib/tor-browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc
/etc/tor/torrc
/lib/live/mount/overlay/etc/tor/torrc
the tor browser simply doesnt pick up the new variables.
i should also add that setting ExitNodes dynamically at the command line:
tor --ExitNodes "{CH}"
generates these messages:
root@amnesia:/home/amnesia# tor --ExitNodes "{CH}"
Aug 18 13:51:17.148 [notice] Tor v0.2.7.6 (git-605ae665009853bd) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1k and Zlib 1.2.8.
Aug 18 13:51:17.148 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
Aug 18 13:51:17.151 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
Aug 18 13:51:17.160 [warn] ControlPort is open, but no authentication method has been configured. This means that any program on your computer can reconfigure your Tor. That's bad! You should upgrade your Tor controller as soon as possible.
Aug 18 13:51:17.161 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Aug 18 13:51:17.161 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Aug 18 13:51:17.161 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9061
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9061: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9062
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9062: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9150: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [notice] Opening DNS listener on 127.0.0.1:5353
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [notice] Opening Transparent pf/netfilter listener on 127.0.0.1:9040
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9040: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9051: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [notice] Closing partially-constructed DNS listener on 127.0.0.1:5353
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
Aug 18 13:51:17.162 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
any ideas how to get around this problem?