[tor-talk] Tails question: Cannot rename old configuration file (torrc.orig.1)

[gooseeggz at Safe-mail.net]

When the network is up and Vidalia/tor/browser all opens, I peek inside the tor log (/var/log/tor) and this error is included:

[notice] Renaming old configuration file to "/etc/tor/torrc.orig.1" [warn] Couldn't rename configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc" to "/etc/tor/torrc.orig.1": Permission denied

torrc is owned by root:root

I've tried a number of changes in ownership but nothing will allow the changes to be written for the torrc file, has it always been broken like this?

How to fix?

Posting here because this was not solved/addressed on the Tails forums.