Stop Tor from autorunning

[T.R.]

This isn't so much a problem as an annoyance: Tor autoruns when I start up my machine, and Privoxy can't control Tor if it's already running.

I've been able to work around this by using

sudo killall tor

in the terminal, but that's a temporary fix. I want to set it so Tor doesn't start a process until Vidalia tells it to.
I've read about sysv-rc-conf and from what I gather I think it can help me get what I want. However, I don't understand what the runlevels mean. (When I run sysv-rc-conf Tor is checked on levels 2 3 4 and 5.) Could someone help me figure out how to do this through sysv-rc-conf, or tell me another way to disable autorun on startup for Tor?

tl;dr I want Tor to only run when I tell it to, through Vidalia.

[bruno9779]

why don't you make a script like this:

#!/bin/bash

killall tor

save it and make it run at startup in preferences.

(I don't usually sudo the command killall, but it depends on the circumstances)

surely there is a better way, this is just a workaround

[Soul-Sing]

T.R. runs TOR in a relay? You can easily stop this via Vidalia.

[T.R.]

I'm not running it in a relay. It just runs on its own at startup.

[rifter]

T.R. runs TOR in a relay? You can easily stop this via Vidalia.

Vidalia cannot stop or otherwise control TOR unless it started it. And of course it can't start it if it is already started. It's kind of annoying.

[rifter]

Vidalia cannot stop or otherwise control TOR unless it started it. And of course it can't start it if it is already started. It's kind of annoying.

I stand corrected. The Vidalia teem have figured out the magic after all, and given instructions!. So you could also edit your torrc apparently and fix this. It's weird though because I could have sworn my tor was already configured to use that control port. Incidentally I found that while reading about this bug in my quest to find a fix for Vidalia's recent propensity to freeze up on my system.

[T.R.]

bruno: I tried the script it didn't seem to work. I think Tor might autorun just after startup, or it's lower priority than the autorun script.

It also seems I have to sudo killall with Tor. If I don't bash gives me an Operation not permitted message. I'll try adding sudo to the script to see if that changes anything.

Edit: adding sudo to the script didn't make it work.

If I can figure out sysv-rc-conf I could probably keep it from running at startup to begin with...

[bruno9779]

I am going to try and install tor tonite, to see where it ends up.

You could also check if it is from the services menu that you control it's behavior

[T.R.]

Bootup manager (bum) fixed it.

[exploding loaf of bread]

How did you manage to do that with bum?

I have been trying to do the same thing for the last 3 days with no success. I managed to stop tor from starting on startup with bum but then when Vidalia starts it gives me the error message "[Warning] If you set the "User" option, you must start Tor as root.".