[tor-bugs] #33882 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Launch torbrowsers on the same host from different users

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#33882: Launch torbrowsers on the same host from different users
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 Reporter:  rosh                      |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam202004R     |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by sysrqb):

 * status:  needs_review => needs_information


Comment:

 Thanks for reporting this and providing patches! Yes, indeed this is a
 problem, and we need a better way of automatically detecting available
 ports or sockets. Unfortunately, the proposed patches are a little hacky.

 Instead, can you use the environment variables: `TOR_SOCKS_PORT` and
 `TOR_CONTROL_PORT`? On Linux, using unix domain sockets is a better
 solution than finding an available tcp port, too.

 I'm not sure if torbrowser-launcher prevents this, but you can use the
 environment variables like:
 `$ TOR_SOCKS_PORT=9550 TOR_CONTROL_PORT=9551 /path/to/start-tor-browser`

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