On Sat, 09 Feb 2013, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 03:45:56PM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > On Sat, 09 Feb 2013, Matt Kraai wrote: > > > > > UID-based prioritization requires that Tor be started using a specific > > > user ID instead of relying on the User configuration setting. > > > /etc/init.d/tor appears to start Tor as root and rely on the User > > > configuration setting to change the user ID to debian-tor. > > > > > > The following patch modifies /etc/init.d/tor so that Tor is started > > > using the debian-tor account, which should allow the script to work. > > > > Alas, that's not an option, as it would prevent tor from opending > > listening ports < 1024. > > How about making Tor change user but keep the CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE > capability before opening the sockets?
Tor does change user. You seemed to imply that wasn't sufficient for your traffic shaping thing. -- | .''`. ** Debian ** Peter Palfrader | : :' : The universal http://www.palfrader.org/ | `. `' Operating System | `- http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org