On 06.04.2011 00:45, jordan wrote: >>> We could change the permissions for torrc and init.d/tor accordingly? >> Don't you need root permissions if tor binds to a port below 1024? > Yes, but the processes are started via a init.d script > (http://www.torservers.net/wiki/setup/server#multiple_tor_processes) and > thus got root anyway, but should drop it after starting the process > this is done with the following line in torrc: > User UID > ( https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en ) > @Moritz: it seems not to be done in > http://www.torservers.net/misc/config/torrc AFAIK the permissions are dropped by the initscript. Tor processes run under the limited user debian-tor. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/
