[tor-relays] owner of tor log file changes after reboot

[Patrice Bönig]

Hi @all,

I have a question and I don't know were I have to look at. I am running
a relay (compiled from source) on Raspberry Pi OS Buster. Tor is runs
under the user "pi", so the tor logfile has also the user permission
(chown pi logfile).

Tor starts via crontab (@reboot) but after a reboot the user of the
logfile changed to "debian-tor". After every reboot I have to change it
back to "pi".

Does anyone has an idea what's going on?


regards,
Patrice

[mpan]

Post by Patrice Bönig
I have a question and I don't know were I have to look at. I am running
a relay (compiled from source) on Raspberry Pi OS Buster. Tor is runs
under the user "pi", so the tor logfile has also the user permission
(chown pi logfile).
logfile changed to "debian-tor". After every reboot I have to change it
back to "pi".

Are you sure Tor is runnig under user “pi” and not “debian-tor”? What
is the value of the “User” option in torrc? Who is the process owner:
see in `htop`, `top` or similar?

Another question is, what’s the reasoning behind switching from a
dedicated user to the default system account⁜¹  shared with other services?
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¹ No Raspberry Pi OS Buster here, but googling indicates “pi”
is the default user on a fresh install.