# /etc/init.d/tor start * Starting Tor ... Apr 21 20:43:07.897 [notice] Tor v0.1.2.6-alpha. This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. Apr 21 20:43:07.898 [warn] Error setting to configured GID: Operation not permitted Apr 21 20:43:07.898 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Problem with User or Group value. See logs for details. Apr 21 20:43:07.898 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above. [ !! ] * ERROR: tor failed to start here my /etc/passwd: tor:x:103:1005:added by portage for tor:/var/lib/tor:/sbin/nologin and here's my /etc/groups tor:x:1005: Reproducible: Always # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.20-gentoo_port4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.20-gentoo_port4 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0_alpha1 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:00:01 +0000 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache1-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/overlay" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="7zip X a52 aac acl adns aiglx alsa amr apache2 asf berkdb bitmap-fonts bl blender-game cairo cdda cddb cdr chardet clearcase cli contrarius cracklib cran crypt css cups cvs dbus dga divx dri dts dv dvd dvdr dvdread editor eds effects emboss enca encode examples exif expat fam fat ffmpeg firefox flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gimpprint glsa gmedia gpm gstreamer gtk hal hfs httpd iconv ieee1394 inkjar inquisitio ipv6 isdnlog jfs jpeg jpeg2k kde kerberos kqemu lcms ldap libg++ libnotify lzo mad matroska midi mikmod mjpeg mmx mmxext mng mp3 mp4 mpeg mpi musepack ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntfs ogg openal openexr opengl pam pcre perforce perl php plugin png ppds pppd python qa qt3 qt4 quicktime quotas readline realmedia reflection reiser4 reiserfs rt2500pci rtc rtsp samba sdl session skins sox speex spell spl srteam sse sse2 ssl stream subversion svg swat tcpd tga theora tiff timidity tordns truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vcd vidx vlm vorbis wifi wma wmf wmp wxwindows x264 x86 xanim xfs xml xorg xprint xv xvid xvmc yahoo yv12 zlib zsh" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
# ls -l total 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 tor tor 411 Apr 21 20:42 tor-tsocks.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 tor tor 6234 Mar 18 21:42 torrc -rw-r--r-- 1 tor tor 6234 Apr 21 20:42 torrc.sample # ls -l | grep tor drwxr-xr-x 2 tor tor 4096 Apr 21 20:42 tor
This should be fixed in baselayout-2.0.0_alpha2. Re-open if you disagree
with sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.0_rc3-r1 i've got similar issues ToSSiKa stack # /etc/init.d/tor status * status: stopped ToSSiKa stack # /etc/init.d/tor start * Tor configuration (/etc/tor/torrc) is valid. * Starting Tor ... [ !! ] * ERROR: tor failed to start ToSSiKa stack # ps -def | grep tor root 968 2 0 11:34 ? 00:00:07 [usb-storage] root 6812 6788 0 11:35 ? 00:00:04 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hdc (every 2 sec) root 6814 6788 0 11:35 ? 00:00:03 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hdd (every 2 sec) stack 7072 1 0 11:37 ? 00:00:35 akregator -session 10de626c69000118699903900000071160009_1187832114_215318 tor 19061 1 36 18:48 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/tor --runasdaemon 1 root 19076 781 0 18:48 pts/4 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto tor ToSSiKa stack # kill -KILL 19061 ToSSiKa stack # start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid tor --exec /usr/bin/tor -- --runasdaemon 1 Aug 23 18:48:41.344 [notice] Tor v0.1.2.16. This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. Aug 23 18:48:41.346 [notice] Initialized libevent version 1.3a using method epoll. Good. Aug 23 18:48:41.346 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050 * start-stop-daemon: /usr/bin/tor died ToSSiKa stack #