Group null not checked

[vidalia]

If i fill the run as user box but dont fill the run as group there isn't a warning popup. At next vidalia restart there is an error of empty group.

[edmanm]

Hm? Unless I'm missing something, you aren't necessarily required to specify both (as far as Tor is concerned), so why should Vidalia enforce such a rule?

[vidalia]

yes, because if I fill the uid and not the gid textbox at next vidalia restart i get:

May 04 18:01:54:153 [Warning] switch_id(): Error setting GID: Operation not permitted May 04 18:01:54:153 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Problem with User or Group value. See logs for details.

[edmanm]

What version of Tor are you running? Also, can you attach your ~/.vidalia/vidalia.conf to this ticket?

I tried to set just the 'Run As User' or just the 'Run As Group' to a user or group, respectively, for which I had the appropriate privileges and it worked fine when I fill in just one but not the other. The error messages above suggest you are trying to run Tor as a user or group for which you do not have sufficient privileges.

[vidalia]

Tor version is 0.1.1.26

vidalia.conf is:

[General] InterfaceStyle?=Plastique

[AboutDialog?] Geometry=@ByteArray?(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1\xf3\0\0\x1\xa3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1\xf3\0\0\x1\xa3\0\0\0\0\0\0)

[BandwidthGraph?] Geometry=@ByteArray?(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1t\0\0\0\x9c\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1t\0\0\0\x9c\0\0\0\0\0\0)

[ConfigDialog?] Geometry=@ByteArray?(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1a\0\0\x2+\0\0\x1\xba\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1a\0\0\x2+\0\0\x1\xba\0\0\0\0\0\0)

[HelpBrowser?] Geometry=@ByteArray?(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x2\xbe\0\0\x2\x46\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x2\xbe\0\0\x2\x46\0\0\0\0\0\0)

[MessageLog?] Geometry=@ByteArray?(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1a\0\0\x2\xc3\0\0\x2\xa6\0\0\0\x5\0\0\0\x31\0\0\x2\xbe\0\0\x2\xa1\0\0\0\0\0\0)

[NetViewer?] Geometry=@ByteArray?(\x1\xd9\xd0\xcb\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x3K\0\0\x1\xe1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x3K\0\0\x1\xe1\0\0\0\0\0\0)

[Server] Changed=true ExitPolicy?= Server\Changed=true

[Tor] Group= Torrc= User=debian-tor

[edmanm]

Ah. You are trying to run Vidalia with the default Tor in Debian. Ticket #239 has more details on this.

(The other one has more discussion so we'll close this ticket as the duplicate.)