Bug #3410

port 9050 already in use stops orbot from starting

Added by Anonymous over 3 years ago.

Status:NewStart date:05/24/2014
Priority:NormalDue date:
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Description

On Note 10.1 2014 with stock firmware it appears that com.sec.msc.nts.android.proxy (which I think was installed as part of Samsung link) already binds to localhost:9050 which is required by Orbot.

Hello, Orbot!
lt03wifiue
universal5420
samsung
SM-P600
REL
4.4.2
checking file tree: /data/data/org.torproject.android/app_bin
app_bin/torrc len:333 exec:false
app_bin/torrcdiag len:331 exec:false
app_bin/torrctether len:366 exec:false
app_bin/privoxy.config len:883 exec:false
app_bin/tor len:4593432 exec:true
app_bin/privoxy len:593132 exec:true
app_bin/obfsproxy len:996900 exec:true
app_bin/xtables len:462140 exec:true
checking file tree: /data/data/org.torproject.android/app_data
tor: PRE: Is binary exec? true
Executing command> /data/data/org.torproject.android/app_bin/tor DataDirectory /data/data/org.torproject.android/app_data -f /data/data/org.torproject.android/app_bin/torrcdiag
May 24 18:40:39.689 [notice] Tor v0.2.4.21 running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.9-rc and OpenSSL 1.0.1g.
May 24 18:40:39.691 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
May 24 18:40:39.692 [notice] Read configuration file "/data/data/org.torproject.android/app_bin/torrcdiag".
May 24 18:40:39.697 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
May 24 18:40:39.698 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
May 24 18:40:39.698 [notice] Opening DNS listener on 127.0.0.1:5400
May 24 18:40:39.698 [notice] Opening Transparent pf/netfilter listener on 127.0.0.1:9040
May 24 18:40:39.698 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051
May 24 18:40:39.698 [notice] Closing partially-constructed DNS listener on 127.0.0.1:5400
May 24 18:40:39.699 [notice] Closing partially-constructed Transparent pf/netfilter listener on 127.0.0.1:9040
May 24 18:40:39.699 [notice] Closing partially-constructed Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051
May 24 18:40:39.699 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
May 24 18:40:39.699 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

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