On 06.04.2011 11:01, tagnaq wrote: >> We could change the permissions for torrc and init.d/tor accordingly? > If it is ok for you that debian-tor is allowed to login via ssh, giving > him write permissions to the torX.cfg files is enough - no modification > of /etc/init.d/tor required. > (I'm not sure if on all of your hosts the user is called like that.) Why not give the SSH user limited SUDO rights for /etc/init.d/tor , and add it to the group that can edit /etc/tor/* ? I think it should be better discussed on IRC, the mailing list should not be spammed to much IMHO. We have a lot of subscribers that are not interested in the gory tech details I believe. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/