How to install and start Tor on FreeBSD?

[James Brown]

Andrew Lewman wrote:
> On 05/01/2010 04:30 AM, James Brown wrote:
>   
>> I have installed the Tor on a VDS on the FreeBSD v. 8.0-STABLE, set
>> tor_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and reboot my system but the Tor daemon
>> did not start.
>> I see that I have no file "torrc" in my system, do I need create it
>> manually? If "yes", can I simply copy it from my Debian home system (to
>> the FreeBSD on a VDS)? Or I need make some configurations in that file?
>> P.S. I think I don't have to install privoxy if I don't inted to use
>> that VDS as a remote Tor-proxy for my home system, only as a Tor server
>> for public needs for protecting and sponsoring the Tor project?
>>     
>
> First off, how did you install tor? by port or by source?
>
> You probably want to look in /usr/local/etc and set tor_enabled=YES in
> /usr/local/etc/rc.conf, not /etc/rc.conf.  Your torrc should also be in
> /usr/local/etc/tor/.
>
>   

Very thanks, I installed it by port.
I yet resolve my problem by discribed you method, thanks again.
Now there is yet one exit-node in the World :-)
I

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