[tor-talk] notices.log does not appear anymore

[nusenu]

George:
> Udo van den Heuvel:
>> Hello,
>>
>> After migration to a fresh new box, tor runs but does not create
>> /var/log/tor/notices.log anymore.
>> Config was unchanged.
>> Permissions on /var/log/tor appear OK.
>>
>> How can I fix this?
> 
> Log files aren't necessarily created.  You may need touch(1)
> 
> $ touch /var/log/tor/notices.log && chown _tor:_tor /var/log/tor/notices.log

The username used in the chown command here should be taken with caution 
since it is OS/installation specific and will not work globally.

The tor configuration files tell tor whether and where to log,
so it might be that your new box has a different configuration.


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