[tor-bugs] #20119 [- Select a component]: Fails to create the pid file when an enclosing directory is missing

Fri Sep 9 06:48:03 UTC 2016

#20119: Fails to create the pid file when an enclosing directory is missing
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     Reporter:  yurivict271           |      Owner:
         Type:  defect                |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                |  Milestone:
    Component:  - Select a component  |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.8.7
     Severity:  Normal                |   Keywords:
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 Running with the option: --PidFile /var/run/tor/tor.pid
 Directory /var/run/tor is missing. Tor starts without any warnings. It has
 to either create the directory, or complain that it can't create the pid
 file.

 FreeBSD 10.3

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