Tor "saveconf" command returns error message always

Question

$telnet localhost 9051
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
authenticate "xxxxxxx"
250 OK
getconf controlport
250 ControlPort=9051
resetconf controlport
250 OK
getconf controlport
250 ControlPort
setconf controlport=9051
250 OK
saveconf
551 Unable to write configuration to disk.
setconf nickname=testnickname
250 OK
saveconf
551 Unable to write configuration to disk.

Whenever I try to execute the saveconf command it returns an error. I checked the torrc file. It is not getting saved in that too. What could be the reason? How to solve this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '15 at 22:40

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Does the tor user have write permission to its torrc location? Permission gotcha would be the first thing I'd suspect. You can get the location with 'GETINFO config-file'.

answered Feb 02 '15 at 22:40

Damian

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Only this user and sudo are there in the system. I hope sudo is not necessary to execute saveconf while accessing control port. – Anonymous Platypus Feb 03 '15 at 13:17
No, I meant the *tor process*. When you run SAVECONF the tor process tries to write to disk, so if it doesn't have write permissions it can fail like this. – Damian Feb 04 '15 at 16:34
I am not sure about this. How can I give write permission for tor process? – Anonymous Platypus Feb 10 '15 at 09:42
Run 'GETINFO config-file' to get its location on disk, then run 'ls -l /that/path' to get its permissions. Quick search for file permissions should help you from there. – Damian Feb 11 '15 at 16:43
I will give a try and come back :)` – Anonymous Platypus Feb 12 '15 at 06:17

Tor "saveconf" command returns error message always

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