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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index 0e739f2127..1bb116b212 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#else
#include <dirent.h>
#include <pwd.h>
+#include <grp.h>
#endif
/* math.h needs this on Linux */
@@ -1736,6 +1737,21 @@ check_private_dir(const char *dirname, cpd_check_t check)
tor_free(process_ownername);
return -1;
}
+ if ((check & CPD_GROUP_OK) && st.st_gid != getgid()) {
+ struct group *gr;
+ char *process_groupname = NULL;
+ gr = getgrgid(getgid());
+ process_groupname = gr ? tor_strdup(gr->gr_name) : tor_strdup("<unknown>");
+ gr = getgrgid(st.st_gid);
+
+ log_warn(LD_FS, "%s is not owned by this group (%s, %d) but by group "
+ "%s (%d). Are you running Tor as the wrong user?",
+ dirname, process_groupname, (int)getgid(),
+ gr ? gr->gr_name : "<unknown>", (int)st.st_gid);
+
+ tor_free(process_groupname);
+ return -1;
+ }
if (check & CPD_GROUP_OK) {
mask = 0027;
} else {