arm doesn't connect to UNIX domain ControlPort with cookie authentication

There is nothing in the man page about this. It seemed like ~/.arm/armrc should have helped but this armrc:

DataDirectory /var/tmp/tor/data ControlSocket /var/tmp/tor/ctrl CookieAuthentication 1 CookieAuthFile /var/tmp/tor/data/control_auth_cookie

doesn't make arm connect, and it still asks for the passwod.

Command line should support this. Natural syntax would be: -i /var/tmp/tor/ctrl:/var/tmp/tor/data/control_auth_cookie

added component::archived/nyx priority::medium resolution::not a bug status::closed type::defect labels

Hi yurivict271. Iirc the 1.4.5 release had an issue where cookie authentication wouldn't work with a ControlSocket. This setup is pointless (cookie auth doesn't provide you anything a ControlSocket doesn't) but that aside this is already fixed in the git codebase.

I'd suggest dropping CookieAuthentication or switching to a ControlPort for now.

Cheers! -Damian

Trac:
Component: - Select a component to nyx
Resolution: N/A to worksforme
Status: new to closed

I am using ControlPort - UNIX domain socket. Cookie provides the ability to log into any of many tor instances with the command line w/out the password.

Git version doesn't have this either.

Tor supports UNIX domain ControlSocket, and this should be supported by arm with cookie auth for the ease of use from shell. Otherwise, how am I going to login? Type password every time? Cookie is for this.

Ideally it should be a command line for this, no need for ~/.arm/armrc, because in case of many instances armrc is a trouble.

Trac:
Resolution: worksforme to N/A
Status: closed to reopened

Git version doesn't have this either.

Ah, I see the issue. You mentioned using...

arm -i /var/tmp/tor/ctrl:/var/tmp/tor/data/control_auth_cookie

... but actually you want the -s or --socket argument. Also, there's no need to have the auth cookie location (that'll just cause an error, and I'm unsure why you think that would be valid syntax).

What happens when you run the following with the git checkout?

run_nyx -s /var/tmp/tor/ctrl

arm from git doesn't have -s argument. What's run_nyx?

arm from git doesn't have -s argument. What's run_nyx?

Arm was renamed to nyx. If you're using the git repository and executing something called 'arm' then you're running the wrong thing ('arm' no longer exists in the git codebase)...

moirai:/tmp% git clone https://git.torproject.org/nyx.git
Cloning into 'nyx'...
remote: Counting objects: 8425, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2217/2217), done.
remote: Total 8425 (delta 6504), reused 7977 (delta 6176)
Receiving objects: 100% (8425/8425), 2.16 MiB | 1.20 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (6504/6504), done.

moirai:/tmp% cd nyx/
moirai:/tmp/nyx% ./run_nyx --help
...

Note that you'll also need stem to run the git codeabase.

Ah, Thanks!

I didn't know about the arm->nyx rename. I've let FreeBSD port maintainer know.

Yuri

Trac:
Status: reopened to closed
Resolution: N/A to not a bug

No problem, sorry about the confusion. The rename is presently moot for users since arm is the last release (1.4.5). I hope to have a new release at which point the name will take effect later this year.

closed