From 8b0f1f029c6b0664d2b6df4d84b68ab72f13cf24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 01:07:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] give a hint when people are running tor as the wrong user,
 rather than telling them to start chowning random directories.

svn:r5500
---
 src/common/util.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index 9d68d2ffc0..a2a20c2ecd 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ check_private_dir(const char *dirname, cpd_check_t check)
   }
 #ifndef MS_WINDOWS
   if (st.st_uid != getuid()) {
-    log(LOG_WARN, LD_FS, "%s is not owned by this UID (%d). You must fix this to proceed.", dirname, (int)getuid());
+    log(LOG_WARN, LD_FS, "%s is not owned by this UID (%d). Perhaps you are running Tor as the wrong user?", dirname, (int)getuid());
     return -1;
   }
   if (st.st_mode & 0077) {