root@kali:~# tor
Feb 02 07:18:55.029 [notice] Tor 0.4.2.5 running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.11-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.1d, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma 5.2.4, and Libzstd 1.4.4.
Feb 02 07:18:55.029 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
Feb 02 07:18:55.029 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
Feb 02 07:18:55.030 [warn] /var/lib/tor/hidden_service is not owned by this user (root, 0) but by debian-tor (131). Perhaps you are running Tor as the wrong user?
Feb 02 07:18:55.030 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to configure rendezvous options. See logs for details.
Feb 02 07:18:55.030 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
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What command did you use to start Tor? Tor should not be run as root which is what you did according to the output that you pasted.– JSEvansFeb 2, 2020 at 17:27
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You are not starting tor properly, try to start it as a service so that it runs as the correct user.
# systemctl start tor