I literally answered the same question on tor.stackexchange. On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 23:58, Mighty Wang <w...@mighty.wang> wrote:
>> Switch from root to user = su usrname >Password. The problems start >> when I try and su to debian-tor. First I get a query for a password which >> it doesn't have. So I make a pass for debian-tor and enter it when I su to >> debian-tor. I enter whoami and the response is: user and not debian-tor. >> With or without a password it doesn't work. Secondly, if I su debia-tor > >> passwrd - sudo -u debian-tor nyx it produces a page and a half of pure >> gibberish. Sudo -i to root and enter nyx, it operates perfectly; and yes >> I understand I shouldn't run nyx as root. >> >> How do I become debian-tor so I can operate my bridge correctly? Adriann >> >> -- >> It can't be, so therefore it isn't - stanton Friedman > Hello Kathi > > You need to add your standard user to the debian-tor group. it is not > necessary to set a password for the debian-tor user or to try to su to > that debian-tor. > > If your username is kathi then as the following one-liner should do what > you need on debian: > > "sudo adduser kathi debian-tor" > > Then arm/nyx should fire up as the kathi user... > > regards > > Wang > > -- > > MIGHTYWANG 9B2BC7EFD661072AFADC533BE8DCF1C19D8C2DCC > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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