Tor via Vidalia can't run on Debian.

Hello.
I installed Tor and vidalia but when I want run Vidalia, It show me an error about my user. I attached a photo.
How can I solve it?

Thank you.

You are running it as root!?

Originally Posted by Emerson You are running it as root!?

Not matter

Remind me again; what is the advantage of Vidalia?
You can always configure Tor and either use it as a socks proxy or via other proxy-software. Also look for torsocks and torify.

I've used the Vidalia and Tor combinationi for years, but it no longer considered "safe" by the Tor-project, so I switched to their Tor Browser.
OTOH, the people over at pc-bsd have made Tor available from the system tray and once activated everything you do, regardless of browser, is routed through Tor. I guess "safety" is a matter of opinion (and good browsering habits).

Originally Posted by cwizardone OTOH, the people over at pc-bsd have made Tor available from the system tray and once activated everything you do, regardless of browser, is routed through Tor. I guess "safety" is a matter of opinion (and good browsering habits).

user@machine:~$ type w3m
w3m ist ein Alias von `torsocks /usr/bin/w3m -no-proxy'.
user@machine:~$ type wget
wget ist ein Alias von `torsocks /usr/bin/wget -nc --no-proxy'.
user@machine:~$ echo $http_proxy
http://localhost:8250

Sorry for the uncivilized language in the response to type.

Originally Posted by Michael Uplawski user@machine:~$ type w3m w3m ist ein Alias von `torsocks /usr/bin/w3m -no-proxy'. user@machine:~$ type wget wget ist ein Alias von `torsocks /usr/bin/wget -nc --no-proxy'. user@machine:~$ echo $http_proxy http://localhost:8250 Sorry for the uncivilized language in the response to type.

Care to translate? I don't understand the purpose of this post?

Originally Posted by cwizardone Care to translate? I don't understand the purpose of this post?

I was simply showing a way to insist on routing via tor that does not include having some program installed which is supposed to do the same. The 'type' command shows you what is really behind a command. In my post above, I present aliases that I have defined for calls to network-tools. These aliases replace the original calls by a call to torsocks, which, itself, then calls the tool. All traffic that I am aware of, is then routed via tor.

Basically it does the same as any nifty routine which sits in the tray somewhere to route all traffic via tor. But my solution works without X and I feel much more in control.

When I talk about the language, it is because my system uses the German locale and the response to the type-command, above, is in German.

I think I have to write too much explanatory text, but in this case ignore how I should prevent more misunderstanding. On a sidenote, this is a bit frustrating.

Originally Posted by Michael Uplawski I was simply showing a way to insist on routing via tor, that does not include having some program installed which is supposed to do the same. The 'type' command shows you what is really behind a command. In my post above, I present aliases, that I have defined for calls to network-tools. These aliases replace the original calls by a call to torsocks, which, itself then calls the tool. All traffic that I am aware of, is then routed via tor. Basically it does the same as any nifty routine which sits in the tray somewhere to route all traffic via tor. But my solution works without X and I feel much more in control..........

Thank you.
Not everyone speaks fluent "Geek," so it is appreciated.

Originally Posted by hack3rcon Not matter

It actually can matter. Some programs refuse to run as root.