[GH-ISSUE #140] [QUESTION] TOR #101

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opened 2026-02-25 20:34:54 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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2026-02-25 20:34:54 +03:00

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Originally created by @Dudu514 on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/140

Hi, i cloned the latest git of whoogle today, i see the option for TOR but it's "Unavailable".

I already have debian-tor bind to my local interface running on port 9050.

I tried to dig on that for a little bit and i found that "tor-prompt" from of absolute path to bin dir is giving me:

"Unable to connect to tor. Maybe it's running without a ControlPort?".

Am i correct that whoogle is calling tor-prompt to pass search info. to tor?

I'm trying to figure the source of the problem. Thanks :)

Originally created by @Dudu514 on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/140 Hi, i cloned the latest git of whoogle today, i see the option for TOR but it's "Unavailable". I already have debian-tor bind to my local interface running on port 9050. I tried to dig on that for a little bit and i found that "tor-prompt" from of absolute path to bin dir is giving me: "Unable to connect to tor. Maybe it's running without a ControlPort?". Am i correct that whoogle is calling tor-prompt to pass search info. to tor? I'm trying to figure the source of the problem. Thanks :)

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@benbusby commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020):

You probably need to update your torrc file to include the parameters seen here. I'll do a full wiki page on setting up tor to be compatible with whoogle search once the feature is out of beta, but for now that's probably the only thing you're missing.

@benbusby commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020): You probably need to update your `torrc` file to include the parameters seen [here](https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/develop/misc/tor/torrc). I'll do a full wiki page on setting up tor to be compatible with whoogle search once the feature is out of beta, but for now that's probably the only thing you're missing.

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2026-02-25 20:34:54 +03:00

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@Dudu514 commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020):

All right, thanks it's working fine now.

I just got an error from : Unknown option 'CacheDirectoryGroupReadable'

I commented it for test purpose.

@Dudu514 commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020): All right, thanks it's working fine now. I just got an error from : Unknown option 'CacheDirectoryGroupReadable' I commented it for test purpose.

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@benbusby commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2020):

Glad it's working now. I'll close this issue for now and reevaluate if CacheDirectoryGroupReadable is a required property or not. My guess is that it isn't.

@benbusby commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2020): Glad it's working now. I'll close this issue for now and reevaluate if CacheDirectoryGroupReadable is a required property or not. My guess is that it isn't.