mike@mike-desktop:~$ tor
Sep 10 11:23:31.697 [notice] Tor v0.1.1.23. This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity.
Sep 10 11:23:31.699 [notice] Initialized libevent version 1.1a using method epoll. Good.
Sep 10 11:23:31.716 [warn] /var/lib/tor is not owned by this user (mike, 1000) but by debian-tor (113). Perhaps you are running Tor as the wrong user?
Sep 10 11:23:31.716 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't access/create private data directory "/var/lib/tor"
Sep 10 11:23:31.716 [err] tor_init(): Reading config failed--see warnings above. For usage, try -h.