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Michael Uplawski 05-30-2016 06:24 AM

Tor does no longer start automatically after update to tor 0.2.7.6
 
Hi.
Since my upgrade and dist-upgrade yesterday, and with the current package tor 0.2.7.6, the client has problems and does not start automatically.

I will quote the relevant section from the syslog.

In the meantime, I have found previous reports and discussions that were promising because of similarities in the reported errors, but they concern older tor-versions and are in the end not describing the same kind of failures. My phenomenon appears to be unique as there is this “Too many levels of symbolic links”.

I am unable to deduce what causes the problem or if and which changes to the file system would be sufficient to solve it.

Here are the lines from the syslog that I deem significant:
Code:

May 30 12:46:58 drusus systemd[836]: tor@default.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/bin/install: Too many levels of symbolic links
May 30 12:46:58 drusus systemd[1]: Started Permit User Sessions.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Started Getty on tty1.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Reached target Login Prompts.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=226
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Stopped Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Starting Anonymizing overlay network for TCP...
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[895]: tor@default.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/bin/install: Too many levels of symbolic links
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=226
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Stopped Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus polkitd[870]: started daemon version 0.105 using authority implementation `local' version `0.105'

(... omitting other services starting ...)

May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Starting Anonymizing overlay network for TCP...
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Started Authenticate and Authorize Users to Run Privileged Tasks.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[912]: tor@default.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/bin/install: Too many levels of symbolic links
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=226
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 30 12:46:59 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

(... omitted other services starting, tor restarting again...)

(... finally: )

May 30 12:47:01 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 30 12:47:01 drusus systemd[1]: Stopped Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
May 30 12:47:01 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 30 12:47:01 drusus systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
May 30 12:47:01 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 30 12:47:01 drusus systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.


biosboy4 06-01-2016 03:01 PM

Using Tor these days is going to get you flagged for further monitoring.

I'm 100% serious. Don't use Tor.

Michael Uplawski 06-02-2016 12:49 AM

I expected a technical answer to a technical question. Even a technical solution to a technical problem would suit me. My post is about Tor not starting up upon system boot.

biosboy4 06-02-2016 02:35 PM

I was simply giving you friendly advice. Tor can get you into trouble.

You should use a true, paid, vpn if you want any kind of anonymity without getting spied on and/or having your traffic information sold.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center

Michael Uplawski 06-02-2016 03:17 PM

Europeans are stubborn. All wisdom is lost on us.

biosboy4 06-02-2016 03:21 PM

I know.. I do middle-ware for Mercedes.. lol

Michael Uplawski 08-20-2017 11:15 AM

[Solved] in a way.
Tor is my only service who needs the network up and running upon start-up. That's all. Ω


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