Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 23:23:29 -0553.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD ports list !!!! <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tor logging Message-ID: <56B97687.8050703@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20160208224644.f696fce2.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <56B90930.3000802@hiwaay.net> <20160208224644.f696fce2.freebsd@edvax.de>
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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
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