On my linux i can run sudo journalctl -u tor@default to see tor log. where is the log file stored on the system. Maybe a unix.stakexchange kind of question but i opt to ask it here
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By default stdout and stderr of a systemd unit are sent to syslog. On my machine(Kali distro) it is stored in /var/log/syslog. So to see tor unit output run
cat /var/log/syslog | grep tor -i
Or to keep following the log:
tail -F /var/log/syslog | grep tor -i
maybe you need a sudo:
sudo tail -F /var/log/syslog | grep tor -i
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In case someone needs to monitor tor unit i found a better way. Adding -f or --follow flag to journalctl makes it to continuously print new entries as they are appended to the journal. You can then pipe it to a parser and react based on it.
In one of your termianl tabs run
sudo journalctl -f -u tor@default | grep bootstrapped -i
in another tab do
sudo systemctl restart tor
You will see the results are appended to the first terminal as they are appended to the systemd journal
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Usually Tor stores its log files in /var/log/tor. Depending from the specific settings you'll find /var/log/tor/notices.log, /var/log/tor/log, /var/log/tor/info.log, etc.
The option Log in torrc specifies where the log file is stored and what kind of information is logged. So if you don't find the above mentioned files please have a look into your configuration.
An example entry could look like
Log info file /tmp/foo/bar.log
This would write a log file with info messages to /tmp/foo/bar.log .
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Usually Tor stores its log files in /var/log/tor. Depending from the specific settings you'll find /var/log/tor/notices.log, /var/log/tor/log, /var/log/tor/info.log, etc. The option Log in torrc specifies where the log file is stored and what kind of information is logged. So if you don't find the above mentioned files please have a look into your configuration.
