This was crashing on --verify-config in the debian startup script, if you had sandboxing enabled. Fixes 11609; fix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ o Minor bugfixes (sandbox):
+ - Don't try to enable the sandbox when using the Tor binary to
+ check its configuration, hash a passphrase, or so on. Doing
+ so was crashing on startup for some users. Fixes bug 11609;
+ bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha.
@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ tor_main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (tor_init(argc, argv)<0)
return -1;
- if (get_options()->Sandbox) {
+ if (get_options()->Sandbox && get_options()->command == CMD_RUN_TOR) {
sandbox_cfg_t* cfg = sandbox_init_filter();
if (sandbox_init(cfg)) {