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Tor "saveconf" command returns error message always

$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?

Solution

  • 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'.