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I am wondering how I go about finding the user that is running tor when installed on ubuntu. The quote below says that tor should be running as a separate user. I have a relay setup and currently running. I am doing this so that I can setup tor-arm based upon the instructions given here: https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian.html.en#after

"The best approach for most users is to run your relay on Debian or Ubuntu using the system Tor package — the deb takes care of running Tor as a separate user, making sure it has enough file descriptors available, starting it at boot, and so on."

I used option 2 on the following page to complete the ubuntu install: https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en

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  • ps aux | grep torrc from the command line. Use torrc in your grep to weed out any other strings containing "tor". The user will be the first field in the output.
    – Richard Horrocks
    Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 23:10
  • If you're wondering why a separate user is created when the package is installed, have a read of debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/…
    – Richard Horrocks
    Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 23:12
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    Wish you would have made this an answer so I could select it, as what you said worked. Thank you for your help though.
    – Charles S
    Commented Oct 5, 2015 at 12:53

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"ps aux | grep torrc from the command line. Use torrc in your grep to weed out any other strings containing "tor". The user will be the first field in the output" - Richard Horrocks

This command worked but was submitted as a comment. I just wanted to place this into an answer so my question can be considered solved. All credit to Richard Horrocks for helping me solve this.

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