problem starting vidalia / tor on bt5

nkd · 07-23-2012, 06:22 AM

hi all,
I have recently installed the vidalia bundle and polipo on bt5
installation. I have followed the link.

I didnot get any errors during the install. And I could start both polipo and tor with the following commands :-

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service start polipo
service start tor

However, when I launch the vidalia bundle with the script provided in the directory as under :-

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sudo ./start-tor-browser

I get the error

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Launching Tor Browser Bundle for Linux in /root/Desktop/tor-browser_en-US
./start-tor-browser: line 225: ./App/vidalia: Permission denied
Vidalia exited abnormally. Exit code: 126

Can someone help me out with the error. It is something to do with root shouldnot start tor !
thanks in advance
nkd

John VV · 07-24-2012, 06:52 PM

Do not run a web browser as root
that is a very VERY BAD idea

and have you set up the tor proxy and the tor node
as in is tor even working before you add a browser to it.

nkd · 07-27-2012, 11:45 PM

hi and thanks
I have solved the problem . I had to change the script ./start-tor-browser to permit root to start the vidalia bundle.
About your advice about the security:

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Do not run a web browser as root
that is a very VERY BAD idea

When we launch firefox in bt5, no su or sudo command is required, doesn't it by default start as root ?
How to change this behaviour ?
I tried creating a new user with a password and used the sudo command to start firefox. Is that all ?!
thanks in advance
bye
nkd