Questions tagged [ubuntu]
Ubuntu is an operating system which is based on GNU/Linux.
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Proxychains on whole network
I want to use proxychains on whole network, and i have an idea, what i think can be work.
So the idea is i have a linux machine, what running an hotspot, and the hotspot's clients can use the ...
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Application request when we haven't used client functionality lately
Just glanced at my logs and noticed 50+ messages like this from tor. What exactly do these messages mean? I don't think I was using tor at the time the messages occurred. What might've invoked them?
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Download Error 404 while running torbrowser-launcher on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. tor-browser-linux64-12.0.2_en-US.tar.xz.asc not available
I'm trying to install Tor browser from this article over here.
I'm using methon no. 2: Install Tor browser launcher using APT (Alternate Method).
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, so I've made sure the ...
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How to use tor with a program in shell?
I am running some programs in Bash in Ubuntu.
The programs download something using network sockets. Their README file says they can be used with tor, and I hope to change the external IP address by ...
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How can you sftp over tor?
I was wondering how I can upload files over the tor network. How can you sftp over tor?
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Cannot open Tor Browser using Terminal
I recently extracted tor-browser-linux64-6.0a4_en-US.tar.xz on a mounted drive. And tried to start the browser.
The Browser didn't open due to not recognizing the .desktop file which starts the ...
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How can I create a site on the tor network? PHP
I programmed on my PC a website in php using xampp and mysql server, but how do I send these files contained in my folder, which is located at:
(ex: htdocs/my finished site),
to the tor network?
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Problem with adding gpg while installing Tor browser: Permission denied
I've been following instructions from the torproject.org to install Tor on Ubuntu Focal Fossa.
While running the following code:
wget -qO- https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/...
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Tor downtime from multiple processes
I’ve left my Tor relay (run on an AWS EC2 instance, Xenial Xerius Ubuntu) alone for a few days, and it operated for a few days. The relay then started counting downtime, and the “last seen” timestamp ...
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Why does Tor Metrics show my bridge offline after a few days?
I've been running a Tor Bridge for about a month now. Every day I check the system logs to ensure the bridge hasn't broken. I also check Tor Metrics to see the data on my bridge. Twice now, I have ...
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Tor Browser doesn't survive gnome-shell restart
Tor Browser 11.0.9 on stock Ubuntu 20.04 with Gnome 3.36
I don't remember when it happened, but now Tor Browser is closed on gnome-shell restart (via alt-F2: r).
I remember that it survived it earlier ...
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Setting up relay on Ubuntu 16.04
This is the content of torrc file configuration:
SocksPort 0
RunAsDaemon 1
ORPort 9001
ORPort [2409:4070:219c:d7f8:94cf:ac05:ee3b:b21c]:9001
ContactInfo itstrulyjenni(at)gmail(dot)com
#DirPort 9050
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Problems setting up Tor bridges and relays with UK internet BT Home Hub 6
I have been trying to set up a relay from a laptop running Ubuntu 16.04 connected to the internet through a BT Home Hub 6, and am having a problem reported as being with Port 9001 not being reachable. ...
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Tor Browser 7.0.9 can't print page to file
My desktop OS is Fedora 26 and the Tor browser is 7.0.9.
I found tor browser can't print as print to file, it produces nothing. The print preview looks nice but doesn't produce any file (PDF or PS) ...
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Running a Tor Bridge Relay on Ubuntu
I am trying to set up a bridge relay on my ubuntu 20.04 system but getting stuck at step 3. Edit your Tor config file, usually located at /etc/tor/torrc and replace its content with:
When I open the ...
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Cannot run tor as a su on Ubuntu 20.04 with an apache2 server
I am trying to set up a .onion website but I am experiencing some issues in doing so.
I set up a apache2 server and configed the torrc file, but when I save the changes on the torrc file and try to ...
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External links do not open on Tor browser
Running Ubuntu 20.10 and I have made Tor my default browser. It works well except when I click on external links (from an application, say ULauncher or a ebook reader).
Then I get an error message:
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Manually firewall Ubuntu for Tor?
Can someone offer a brief walk-through for firewalling Ubuntu 16 with UFW for tor. I only want to allow tor traffic out on my device. I'm not sure if it's even possible with UFW.
# ufw default deny ...
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Unable to run TOR from terminal (Ubuntu)
When I try to run TOR from the terminal, this message appears:
Jun 01 00:17:19.354 [notice] Tor 0.3.2.10 (git-0edaa32732ec8930) running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.0g, Zlib 1.2....
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Setting up Tor Relay on Ubuntu
I'm having some issues getting my relay up and running with Ubuntu. I have one running on Debian with no issues, so hopefully someone can give me a hand.
I followed the torproject instuctions:
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How to restore GnuPG proxy configuration to default?
I was trying to verify TOR package signature with this command:
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 0x4E2C6E8793298290
I got this response
gpg: requesting key 0x4E2C6E8793298290 ...
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Some sites won't open in Firefox Ubuntu
Some sites won't open in Firefox. I'm using Tor with Firefox which I tunnel through system network in Ubuntu. After trying to install XAMPP and WordPress locally, it is not working like it always was. ...
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How to host TOR in remote server to use as proxy
I am doing web scraping, and I am using tor as my proxy service. I am using ubuntu 20.4.x and python 3.9.
As I have installed tor in my local system, I am using:
proxies = {
'http': 'socks5://127....
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The first time I started tor through the terminal, it got stuck at 5%, but clicking on the tor software worked. In China
Sep 15 20:59:48.986 [notice] Tor v0.2.4.27 (git-412e3f7dc9c6c01a) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable and OpenSSL 1.0.1f.
Sep 15 20:59:48.986 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! ...
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Compile Tor Browser on Raspberry Pi 2
I have seen a ticket opened about this on tor bug tracker, but no progress for over a year on the Tor Browser being available on arm processors. I have setup firefox with a proxy to use Tor but that ...
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I have specified a DirPort (80) in my torrc, and it is allowed in UFW but metrics.torproject.org/rs.html does not list it
This seems to started after I specified an IPv6 address for my ORPort.
Everything server side indicates my DirPort is reachable, but Tor Metrics (not tor on my server) says it is unreachable (...
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Can't Open Tor (Ubuntu/Linux) - says its already running
I'm having difficulty running Tor on Ubuntu (linux). This is a new problem, as I had been using it with no problems over the past year. Today, it will no longer start up when I click the icon. The ...
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How to properly start tor service
For months I've been using:
$ sudo systemctl start tor.service
but I just realized we can start tor by simply typing "tor" into a terminal. What's the proper/safest way to start and stop tor.service?...
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How to shut down a Tor relay
The question may seem stupid, but can I just shut down my Pc running Ubuntu with a Tor relay or is there as set procedure?
Thank you
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Openvpn over TOR
I am trying to route my vpn traffic over TOR (Tor is using bridges) on ubuntu by simply adding the following in the tor configuration:
UseBridges 1
Bridge bridge1 fingerprint1
Bridge bridge2 ...
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Tor Browser won't load in Ubuntu 16.04
I am using Ubuntu 16.04. I have tried to download Tor Browser from the Tor website and using the Tor Browser package from the Ubuntu software application. Each time I get a message titled Signature ...
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SIGNAL response contained unrecognized status code: 514
I'm trying to use tor as a proxy for a few HTTP requests as described in Stealthy Crawling using Scrapy, Tor and Privoxy, but instead of privoxy, I'm using tor's built-in HTTP tunnel. This is my tor ...
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Why isn't `control_auth_cookie` being created?
On Ubuntu, how come Tor (0.2.4.20-1) doesn't create control_auth_cookie anywhere on the system after enabling CookieAuthentication in /etc/tor/torrc?
# /etc/init.d/tor start
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Problem running tor services
New to creating Tor_Hidden_Services. I created a website on Mobirise software and i wanted to run the site in Tor_Hidden_Services. I started with a tutorial from a friend which with his instructions, ...
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Use Tor browser as non-root Linux
If I want to use the Tor browser as a non root user is there a way to do it without having to completely logout of the root workspace and log back in as another user?
Basically have the browser run ...
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How to set Tor Browser as default browser in Ubuntu, please?
I try to set tor web browser as default application in Ubuntu 18.04.
After that I have installed it via ppa...
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:micahflee/ppa
sudo apt install torbrowser-launcher
I've ...
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low bandwidth on relay
My relay has dropped all its throughput speed and I cant see what is causing a problem? can anyone offer any pointers?
Relay in question :
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/...
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tor-browser stuck in restart-required loop
I'm stuck in a loop of "Sorry. We just need to do one small thing to keep going." and restarts.
I have spent hours on this and my seach-fu is not bad, bu to no avail.
It happened first after an ...
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How to specify ExitNodes in Linux?
You can edit torrc file in Windows version and add something like ExitNodes {US}. And this will make your Tor Browser connect to .us proxies only.
If you add this at the end of torrc file in /etc/tor/...
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what is causing "Port 443 is already being handled; removing" error in the Tor debug.log?
After following the Tor Bridge installation docs and the download instructions for Ubuntu, I've successfully confirmed connection to the Tor network via a Raspberry Pi 2 with Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic ...
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Tor Browser launching very slowly
I am using Tor Browser on Lunx Mint 19.1. In the beginning it worked seamlessly, but in the last few days it took several minutes to start up.
To understand it better I started 'torbrowser-launcher' ...
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How to monitor traffic usage on a Tor bridge on Linux?
I'll buy a small server and will install some Ubuntu distro on it, and among other things I'll install a Tor bridge that won't be an exit replay. I also will use it as a SOCKS proxy for a Firefox, I ...
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snap and apt usage to install the tor browser bundle?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but neither snap nor apt are suitable for installing current versions of the tor browser?
I see the downloads are available directly from the tor site.
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Run both bridge and relay & control with nyx
I am attempting to run both a relay and a bridge on the same server. I have gotten it to start with tor -f /etc/tor1/torrc but I'm not sure it's staying running, and I'm not sure that'll run on boot. ...
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Failed to fetch Trusty binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 138.201.14.197 80]
using: apt-get update
results:
Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 138.201.14.197 80]
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
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ENVError while starting obfsproxy
I tried to run tor in command line by running
service tor start
After seeing this message
* Starting tor daemon... [ OK ]
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Which repo for tor relay on Ubuntu Artful?
Tried to update a tor relay on a machine running Ubuntu Artful, but the repos at https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org artful/main are gone missing. Any ideas which repos I should use instead? ...
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Hidden files are hidden (reproducible)
Specification:
OS: Ubuntu 16.04
Tor Browser Bundle: upgraded from 7.x to 8.0.3 (latest version)
Issue (summary):
FileChooser.show-hidden is set to false after save and open dialog is canceled or ...
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Periodically load new profile on Ubuntu when running daemon
I am running tor as a daemon on a Ubuntu server. I want to periodically and automatically refresh the identity I am using in order to get a new exit node.
The only way I've found to do this is to ...
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How to set up Apache2 hidden service?
Could someone make a simple guide on making a hidden service for apache2?
I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed and I'm just running a boring site.
(Hosting malware, botnets, spying kits, rats, ...
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