Tutorial [SOLUTION] Asuswrt-Merlin Tor via Bridge, Device, Browser, Entry (Guard)/Middle (Non-Exit) Relay, and Device/Browser/Relay Hybrid Implementations

[garycnew]

I've incorrectly run it - I needed to provide a 'torrc' file as an $1 input.
Anyway, now I have 2 'torrc' files (/tmp/torrc & /tmp/tor/torrc), both are the same, attaching them as well.

Asuswrt-Merlin uses /tmp/torrc by default.

Now, I've run 'service restart_tor' command, but I can't find the tor process when I run 'ps | grep tor', nor I can see any files under /tmp/tor/torrc.d/ and there is no download/upload traffic, so I would guess tor doesn't work.

Asuswrt-Merlin uses Tor (capital T) by default.

What seems to be the problem?
original files available at: https://filebin.net/94x2kajxz2yx4e5o

I've found that running Tor manually without the -quiet option helps to validate the torrc. I would also recommend reviewing the /tmp/torlog for errors.

BTW... Common issues are Nickname cannot be longer than 18 characters and ensure your DataDirectory is pointing to the correct location.

 

[SoFluffy]

I was having issues with Option #3 - Browser option - I couldn't get the Socks5 proxy listening on port 9050. After reading thru this, looked to be a similar issue of not having the input file, and then also just missing the standard "#!/bin/sh". I needed to add two lines at the top to get it working, then the rest is the same.

# vi /jffs/scripts/torrc.postconf
#!/bin/sh
CONFIG=$1
HOSTIPADDR=$(hostname -i)
source /usr/sbin/helper.sh

if [ "$HOSTIPADDR" != "" ]; then HOSTIPADDR="${HOSTIPADDR}:"; fi

pc_insert "SocksPort 9050" "SocksPort ${HOSTIPADDR}9050" $CONFIG

 

[garycnew]

I was having issues with Option #3 - Browser option - I couldn't get the Socks5 proxy listening on port 9050. After reading thru this, looked to be a similar issue of not having the input file, and then also just missing the standard "#!/bin/sh". I needed to add two lines at the top to get it working, then the rest is the same.

# vi /jffs/scripts/torrc.postconf
#!/bin/sh
CONFIG=$1
HOSTIPADDR=$(hostname -i)
source /usr/sbin/helper.sh

if [ "$HOSTIPADDR" != "" ]; then HOSTIPADDR="${HOSTIPADDR}:"; fi

pc_insert "SocksPort 9050" "SocksPort ${HOSTIPADDR}9050" $CONFIG

@SoFluffy

I've updated the original post.

Thank you for the correction.

Respectfully,


Gary