Tor/arm crach when run with out root preveliges.
So I have been busy the last couple of days trying to get my tor relay back online on my Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit server. But I have encountered a couple of problems I can not solve.
Running arm as a non-root gives me the simple feed back that it can not create a torrc and torrc_bak file because of permission issues and then stop the starting procedure.
Changing the permission of torrc and torrc_bak to allow all users and groups make arm crash with the following stack trace:
(3 different occasions)
sudo -u debian-tor arm Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/arm/starter.py", line 578, in cli.controller.startTorMonitor(time.time() - initTime) File "/usr/share/arm/cli/controller.py", line 700, in startTorMonitor curses.wrapper(drawTorMonitor, startTime) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py", line 43, in wrapper return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds) File "/usr/share/arm/cli/controller.py", line 773, in drawTorMonitor cli.menu.menu.showMenu() File "/usr/share/arm/cli/menu/menu.py", line 114, in showMenu cursor.handleKey(key) File "/usr/share/arm/cli/menu/menu.py", line 46, in handleKey else: self._isDone = self._selection.select() File "/usr/share/arm/cli/menu/item.py", line 62, in select self._callback() File "/usr/share/arm/cli/wizard.py", line 377, in showWizard shutil.copy(torrcLocation, torrcLocation + "_bak") File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 118, in copy copymode(src, dst) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 91, in copymode os.chmod(dst, mode) OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/home/USER/.arm/torrc_bak'
sudo -u debian-tor arm Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/arm/starter.py", line 578, in cli.controller.startTorMonitor(time.time() - initTime) File "/usr/share/arm/cli/controller.py", line 700, in startTorMonitor curses.wrapper(drawTorMonitor, startTime) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py", line 43, in wrapper return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds) File "/usr/share/arm/cli/controller.py", line 795, in drawTorMonitor cli.wizard.showWizard() File "/usr/share/arm/cli/wizard.py", line 377, in showWizard shutil.copy(torrcLocation, torrcLocation + "_bak") File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 118, in copy copymode(src, dst) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 91, in copymode os.chmod(dst, mode) OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/home/USER/.arm/torrc_bak'
sudo -u debian-tor arm 'Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/arm/starter.py", line 578, in cli.controller.startTorMonitor(time.time() - initTime) File "/usr/share/arm/cli/controller.py", line 700, in startTorMonitor curses.wrapper(drawTorMonitor, startTime) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py", line 43, in wrapper return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds) File "/usr/share/arm/cli/controller.py", line 773, in drawTorMonitor cli.menu.menu.showMenu() File "/usr/share/arm/cli/menu/menu.py", line 114, in showMenu cursor.handleKey(key) File "/usr/share/arm/cli/menu/menu.py", line 46, in handleKey else: self._isDone = self._selection.select() File "/usr/share/arm/cli/menu/item.py", line 62, in select self._callback() File "/usr/share/arm/cli/wizard.py", line 377, in showWizard shutil.copy(torrcLocation, torrcLocation + "_bak") File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 118, in copy copymode(src, dst) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 91, in copymode os.chmod(dst, mode) OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/home/USER/.arm/torrc_bak' Exception in thread Thread-1 (most likely raised during interpreter shutdown): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner File "/usr/share/arm/util/connections.py", line 476, in run File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 141, in release <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: 'NoneType' object is not callable
Running arm with "sudo arm" works perfectly, but obviously its not desired.
Trac:
Username: Nahita