[tor-bugs] #6259 [Vidalia]: Vidalia can't start Tor: Couldn't access/create private data directory "/usr/bin"

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#6259: Vidalia can't start Tor: Couldn't access/create private data directory
"/usr/bin"
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    Reporter:  akwala     |       Owner:  chiiph          
        Type:  defect     |      Status:  closed          
    Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:                  
   Component:  Vidalia    |     Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.18-rc
  Resolution:  duplicate  |    Keywords:                  
      Parent:             |      Points:                  
Actualpoints:             |  
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Comment(by consultit):

 Replying to [comment:2 akwala]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 rransom]:
 > > Duplicate of #6178.
 >
 > The comment on the Duplicate (#6178) seems to attribute this to the
 absence of the default datadir ~/.vidalia/. In my case this directory does
 exist as does ~/.vidalia/torrc, which I've been using. I also have ~/.tor
 that does not contain torrc, but there is /etc/tor/torrc in which all
 options are commented out (which I assume means that their default values
 will be used). Given this, not sure why /usr/bin is being looked at as a
 location for the data directory.

 I have exactly the same problem after updating tor in my debian squeeze
 from deb.torproject.org. Before all worked fine and during update I left
 all configuration unchanged. Btw I tried to reinstall tor + vidalia but
 the same error is present:
 ...
 /usr/bin is not owned by this user (consultit, 1000) but by root (0).
 Perhaps you are running Tor as the wrong user?
 Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't access/create private data
 directory "/usr/bin"
 ...

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