Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 09:30:49 -0553.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD ports list !!!! <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tor logging Message-ID: <56BA04DF.7020802@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1udG_QM%2BGTXrTNzk8jOZzhesmpua_-hkYn_aAx2TrZEFg@mail.gmail.com> References: <56B90930.3000802@hiwaay.net> <20160208224644.f696fce2.freebsd@edvax.de> <56B97687.8050703@hiwaay.net> <CAN6yY1udG_QM%2BGTXrTNzk8jOZzhesmpua_-hkYn_aAx2TrZEFg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 02/08/16 23:51, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:16 PM, William A. Mahaffey III
> <wam@hiwaay.net <mailto:wam@hiwaay.net>> wrote:
>
> On 02/08/16 15:52, Polytropon wrote:
>
> On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 15:36:58 -0553.75, William A. Mahaffey III
> wrote:
>
> My torrc
> files seems to indicate logging to /usr/local/var/log/tor,
> but no such
> file or directory.
>
> Create this directory subtree and an empty log file. Then check
> if it will actually be used for logging - if that is what the
> torrc file indicates. Otherwise, set a different logging file,
> but make sure it does actually exist.
>
>
>
>
> Further review seems to indicate use of the built-in syslog system:
>
> [root@kabini1, /etc, 11:17:03pm] 477 % grep log
> /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc
> ## may provide sensitive information to an attacker who obtains
> the logs.
> ## Send all messages of level 'notice' or higher to
> /usr/local/var/log/tor/notices.log
> #Log notice file /usr/local/var/log/tor/notices.log
> ## Send every possible message to /usr/local/var/log/tor/debug.log
> #Log debug file /usr/local/var/log/tor/debug.log
> ## Use the system log instead of Tor's logfiles
> #Log notice syslog
> [root@kabini1, /etc, 11:17:08pm] 478 % grep log
> /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc.default
> ## may provide sensitive information to an attacker who obtains
> the logs.
> ## Send all messages of level 'notice' or higher to
> /usr/local/var/log/tor/notices.log
> #Log notice file /usr/local/var/log/tor/notices.log
> ## Send every possible message to /usr/local/var/log/tor/debug.log
> #Log debug file /usr/local/var/log/tor/debug.log
> ## Use the system log instead of Tor's logfiles
> Log notice syslog
> [root@kabini1, /etc, 11:17:10pm] 479 % lltr /var/log/tor*
> -rw-r----- 1 _tor _tor 230140 Jan 21 2015 /var/log/tor.4.bz2
> -rw-r----- 1 _tor _tor 122109 Feb 23 2015 /var/log/tor.3.bz2
> -rw-r----- 1 _tor _tor 126723 Mar 30 2015 /var/log/tor.2.bz2
> -rw-r----- 1 _tor _tor 147674 May 28 2015 /var/log/tor.1.bz2
> -rw-r----- 1 _tor _tor 166094 Dec 3 00:06 /var/log/tor.0.bz2
> [root@kabini1, /etc, 11:17:19pm] 480 %
>
> In the past (before last upgrade) tor logged to a file in
> /var/log, see above. Afterward, ???? There was a directory named
> /var/log/tor, owned _tor:_tor, but it was empty & I removed it
> after a week or so & re-created it & restarted tor. It restarts OK
> & seems to be working OK, just no logging. Has the amount of
> logging changed from a couple of months ago ?
>
> --
>
> William A. Mahaffey III
>
>
> See UPDATING 20160119: AFFECTS: users of security/tor, security/tor-devel
> --
> Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
> E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com <mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com>
> PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
Thanks, I *always* forget to look @ that file :-/ .... Back up & running
& logging :-) ....
--
William A. Mahaffey III
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