[tor-relays] Failed to parse/validate config: failed to bind one of the listener ports
Christian
brightsidedarkside at t-online.de
Sun Jul 1 04:14:19 UTC 2012
Hi Nick, hi Jean,
thanks a lot for your fast reaction. I was at my parents' place for a
week, that's why I'm a little late.
First, I tried port 9001, but in fact it is a port forwarding on the
router from 443 to 9090.
Following, I post the terminal output when using the given torrc and the
torrc file itself.
Really, no logs are created, independent of the logging options.
The socket unlink issue happens since I use tor and that's for a while
now - it never affected functionality.
Yes, I'm into psychiatric symptoms. A friend of mine uses monsters'
names from films. ;-)
Again, thanks a lot for your help!
Thankfully
christian
ca at delusions:~$ sudo service tor restart
[sudo] password for ca:
* Stopping tor daemon...
[ OK ]
* Starting tor
daemon...
Jul 01 06:00:13.321 [warn] Could not unlink /var/run/tor/control:
Permission denied
Jul 01 06:00:13.321 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to
bind one of the listener ports.
Jul 01 06:00:13.321 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
[fail]
ca at delusions:~$
The torrc (complete to prevent me from confusing, but slightly spoiled
by my mail client with line breaks - RunAsDeamon is set by another
default config file):
## Configuration file for a typical Tor user
## Last updated 22 April 2012 for Tor 0.2.3.14-alpha.
## (may or may not work for much older or much newer versions of Tor.)
##
## Lines that begin with "## " try to explain what's going on. Lines
## that begin with just "#" are disabled commands: you can enable them
## by removing the "#" symbol.
##
## See 'man tor', or https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html,
## for more options you can use in this file.
##
## Tor will look for this file in various places based on your platform:
## https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#torrc
## Tor opens a socks proxy on port 9050 by default -- even if you don't
## configure one below. Set "SocksPort 0" if you plan to run Tor only
## as a relay, and not make any local application connections yourself.
#SocksPort 9050 # Default: Bind to localhost:9050 for local connections.
#SocksPort 192.168.0.1:9100 # Bind to this adddress:port too.
## Entry policies to allow/deny SOCKS requests based on IP address.
## First entry that matches wins. If no SocksPolicy is set, we accept
## all (and only) requests that reach a SocksPort. Untrusted users who
## can access your SocksPort may be able to learn about the connections
## you make.
#SocksPolicy accept 192.168.0.0/16
#SocksPolicy reject *
## Logs go to stdout at level "notice" unless redirected by something
## else, like one of the below lines. You can have as many Log lines as
## you want.
##
## We advise using "notice" in most cases, since anything more verbose
## may provide sensitive information to an attacker who obtains the
logs.
##
## Send all messages of level 'notice' or higher
to /var/log/tor/notices.log
#Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log
## Send every possible message to /var/log/tor/debug.log
Log debug file /var/log/tor/debug.log
## Use the system log instead of Tor's logfiles
#Log notice syslog
## To send all messages to stderr:
#Log debug stderr
## Uncomment this to start the process in the background... or use
## --runasdaemon 1 on the command line. This is ignored on Windows;
## see the FAQ entry if you want Tor to run as an NT service.
#RunAsDaemon 1
## The directory for keeping all the keys/etc. By default, we store
## things in $HOME/.tor on Unix, and in Application Data\tor on Windows.
#DataDirectory /var/lib/tor
## The port on which Tor will listen for local connections from Tor
## controller applications, as documented in control-spec.txt.
#ControlPort 9051
## If you enable the controlport, be sure to enable one of these
## authentication methods, to prevent attackers from accessing it.
#HashedControlPassword
16:872860B76453A77D60CA2BB8C1A7042072093276A3D701AD684053EC4C
#CookieAuthentication 1
############### This section is just for location-hidden services ###
## Once you have configured a hidden service, you can look at the
## contents of the file ".../hidden_service/hostname" for the address
## to tell people.
##
## HiddenServicePort x y:z says to redirect requests on port x to the
## address y:z.
#HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
#HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
#HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/other_hidden_service/
#HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
#HiddenServicePort 22 127.0.0.1:22
################ This section is just for relays #####################
#
## See https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay for details.
## Required: what port to advertise for incoming Tor connections.
#ORPort 443
## If you want to listen on a port other than the one advertised in
## ORPort (e.g. to advertise 443 but bind to 9090), you can do it as
## follows. You'll need to do ipchains or other port forwarding
## yourself to make this work.
ORPort 443 NoListen
ORPort 0.0.0.0:9090 NoAdvertise
ORPort [::]:9090 IPv6Only NoAdvertise
## The IP address or full DNS name for incoming connections to your
## relay. Leave commented out and Tor will guess.
#Address noname.example.com
## If you have multiple network interfaces, you can specify one for
## outgoing traffic to use.
# OutboundBindAddress 10.0.0.5
## A handle for your relay, so people don't have to refer to it by key.
Nickname BrightSideDarkSide
## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your
## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must
## be at least 20 KB.
## Note that units for these config options are bytes per second, not
bits
## per second, and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10, 2^20,
etc.
#RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
#RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps)
## Use these to restrict the maximum traffic per day, week, or month.
## Note that this threshold applies separately to sent and received
bytes,
## not to their sum: setting "4 GB" may allow up to 8 GB total before
## hibernating.
##
## Set a maximum of 4 gigabytes each way per period.
#AccountingMax 4 GB
## Each period starts daily at midnight (AccountingMax is per day)
#AccountingStart day 00:00
## Each period starts on the 3rd of the month at 15:00 (AccountingMax
## is per month)
#AccountingStart month 3 15:00
## Contact info to be published in the directory, so we can contact you
## if your relay is misconfigured or something else goes wrong. Google
## indexes this, so spammers might also collect it.
ContactInfo Sides of the moon <brightsidedarkside AT t-online dot de>
## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one:
#ContactInfo 0xFFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
## Uncomment this to mirror directory information for others. Please do
## if you have enough bandwidth.
#DirPort 9030 # what port to advertise for directory connections
## If you want to listen on a port other than the one advertised in
## DirPort (e.g. to advertise 80 but bind to 9091), you can do it as
## follows. below too. You'll need to do ipchains or other port
## forwarding yourself to make this work.
#DirPort 80 NoListen
#DirPort 127.0.0.1:9091 NoAdvertise
## Uncomment to return an arbitrary blob of html on your DirPort. Now
you
## can explain what Tor is if anybody wonders why your IP address is
## contacting them. See contrib/tor-exit-notice.html in Tor's source
## distribution for a sample.
#DirPortFrontPage /etc/tor/tor-exit-notice.html
## Uncomment this if you run more than one Tor relay, and add the
identity
## key fingerprint of each Tor relay you control, even if they're on
## different networks. You declare it here so Tor clients can avoid
## using more than one of your relays in a single circuit. See
## https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#MultipleRelays
## However, you should never include a bridge's fingerprint here, as it
would
## break its concealability and potentionally reveal its IP/TCP address.
#MyFamily $keyid,$keyid,...
## A comma-separated list of exit policies. They're considered first
## to last, and the first match wins. If you want to _replace_
## the default exit policy, end this with either a reject *:* or an
## accept *:*. Otherwise, you're _augmenting_ (prepending to) the
## default exit policy. Leave commented to just use the default, which
is
## described in the man page or at
## https://www.torproject.org/documentation.html
##
## Look at https://www.torproject.org/faq-abuse.html#TypicalAbuses
## for issues you might encounter if you use the default exit policy.
##
## If certain IPs and ports are blocked externally, e.g. by your
firewall,
## you should update your exit policy to reflect this -- otherwise Tor
## users will be told that those destinations are down.
##
## For security, by default Tor rejects connections to private (local)
## networks, including to your public IP address. See the man page entry
## for ExitPolicyRejectPrivate if you want to allow "exit enclaving".
##
#ExitPolicy accept *:6660-6667,reject *:* # allow irc ports but no more
#ExitPolicy accept *:119 # accept nntp as well as default exit policy
ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed
## Bridge relays (or "bridges") are Tor relays that aren't listed in the
## main directory. Since there is no complete public list of them, even
an
## ISP that filters connections to all the known Tor relays probably
## won't be able to block all the bridges. Also, websites won't treat
you
## differently because they won't know you're running Tor. If you can
## be a real relay, please do; but if not, be a bridge!
BridgeRelay 1
## By default, Tor will advertise your bridge to users through various
## mechanisms like https://bridges.torproject.org/. If you want to run
## a private bridge, for example because you'll give out your bridge
## address manually to your friends, uncomment this line:
#PublishServerDescriptor 0
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:59:22 -0400
> From: Nick Mathewson <nickm at freehaven.net>
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Failed to parse/validate config: failed to
> bind one of the listener ports
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> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Christian
> <brightsidedarkside at t-online.de> wrote:
> > Hi dear fellows,
> >
> > I'm sorry to use again this way of addressing my problem as in Vol 17,
> > Issue 5. It will be the last time. Promise.
> >
> > I can't find any solution on the web.
> > When starting tor, it always reads "Failed to parse/validate config:
> > failed to bind one of the listener ports".
>
> Hm. It really should be saying something more than that on startup;
> there should be a message right before that about *why* it couldn't
> parse or validate the ports.
>
> I just tried the ORPort combination you listed there, and it seemed to
> work out okay for me. It might be easier to diagnose if you could
> upload your entire torrc, and the entire output of starting Tor up to
> the point where it says "failed to parse/validate config:"
>
> hth,
> --
> Nick
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:18:42 -0500
> From: Jean Trolleur <sigtstp at gmail.com>
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Failed to parse/validate config: failed to
> bind one of the listener ports
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> Try:
>
> ORPort 443
> ORListenAddress 0.0.0.0:9001
>
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Christian
> <brightsidedarkside at t-online.de> wrote:
> > Hi dear fellows,
> >
> > I'm sorry to use again this way of addressing my problem as in Vol 17,
> > Issue 5. It will be the last time. Promise.
> >
> > I can't find any solution on the web.
> > When starting tor, it always reads "Failed to parse/validate config:
> > failed to bind one of the listener ports".
> >
> > Furthermore, there are only empty logfiles, independent of the
> > configuration of the logs option "notice".
> >
> > Has anyone else this kind of problem?
> >
> > This is my ORPort section:
> > ORPort 443 NoListen
> > ORPort 0.0.0.0:9090 NoAdvertise
> >
> > I even can't make a control port accessible for e.g. arm running on the
> > same machine, although I didn't use it before.
> >
> > Client functionality is not working either. No connections through tor.
> >
> > Tor is configured as a bridge, my OS is Ubuntu lucid 10.04 and Tor's
> > version is 2.3.17-beta-1~lucid+1.
> >
> > It just worked until the upgrade to the new version through torproject's
> > repository.
> >
> > I really do have forwarded external port 443 to port 9090 on my machine.
> >
> > It nearly has me left in broken state dying.
> >
> > I checked for new requests concerning apparmor allowance, but there were
> > only the ability to chown and access to /sys/devices/system/cpu/ which I
> > granted both.
> >
> > I'm not so really competent with computers and therefore grateful for
> > any help.
> > Strange. No error logs, no function, no topic on the web..
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > christian
> >
> >
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