ОС какая? Посмотри файлы /etc/rc.conf(rc.local) и каталоги /etc/rc.d/ и /usr/local/etc/rc.d там скорее всего лежит стартовый скрипт тора.

система ubuntu, /etc/rc.local пустой, в /etc/rc.d/ нашел такой скрипт S20tor, а в нем так

set -e

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/tor
NAME=tor
DESC="tor daemon"
TORPIDDIR=/var/run/tor
TORPID=$TORPIDDIR/tor.pid
DEFAULTSFILE=/etc/default/$NAME
WAITFORDAEMON=60
ARGS=""
MAX_FILEDESCRIPTORS=8192
NICE=""

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# Include tor defaults if available
if [ -f $DEFAULTSFILE ] ; then
. $DEFAULTSFILE
fi

wait_for_deaddaemon () {
pid=$1
sleep 1
if test -n "$pid"
then
if kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null
then
echo -n "."
cnt=0
while kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null
do
cnt=`expr $cnt + 1`
if [ $cnt -gt $WAITFORDAEMON ]
then
echo " FAILED."
return 1
fi
sleep 1
echo -n "."
done
fi
fi
return 0
}


if test ! -d $TORPIDDIR; then
echo "There is no $TORPIDDIR directory. Creating one for you."
mkdir -m 02700 "$TORPIDDIR"
chown debian-tor:debian-tor "$TORPIDDIR"
fi

if test ! -x $TORPIDDIR; then
echo "Cannot access $TORPIDDIR directory, are you root?" >&2
exit 1
fi


case "$1" in
start)
if [ "$RUN_DAEMON" != "yes" ]; then
echo "Not starting $DESC (Disabled in $DEFAULTSFILE)."
exit 0
fi

if [ -n "$MAX_FILEDESCRIPTORS" ]; then
echo -n "Raising maximum number of filedescriptors (ulimit -n) to $MAX_FILEDESCRIPTORS"
if ulimit -n "$MAX_FILEDESCRIPTORS" ; then
echo "."
else
echo ": FAILED."
fi
fi

echo "Starting $DESC: $NAME..."
if ! su -s /bin/sh -c "$DAEMON --verify-config" debian-tor > /dev/null; then
echo "ABORTED: Tor configuration invalid:" >&2
su -s /bin/sh -c "$DAEMON --verify-config" debian-tor >&2
exit 1
fi

start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo \
--chuid debian-tor:debian-tor \
--pidfile $TORPID \
$NICE \
--exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
echo "done."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
pid=`cat $TORPID 2>/dev/null` || true

if test ! -f $TORPID -o -z "$pid"; then
echo "not running (there is no $TORPID)."
exit 0
fi

if start-stop-daemon --stop --signal INT --quiet --pidfile $TORPID --exec $DAEMON; then
wait_for_deaddaemon $pid
echo "$NAME."
elif kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null
then
echo "FAILED (Is $pid not $NAME? Is $DAEMON a different binary now?)."
else
echo "FAILED ($DAEMON died: process $pid not running; or permission denied)."
fi
;;
reload|force-reload)
echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration: "
pid=`cat $TORPID 2>/dev/null` || true

if test ! -f $TORPID -o -z "$pid"; then
echo "not running (there is no $TORPID)."
exit 0
fi

if ! su -s /bin/sh -c "$DAEMON --verify-config" debian-tor > /dev/null; then
echo "ABORTED: Tor configuration invalid:" >&2
su -s /bin/sh -c "$DAEMON --verify-config" debian-tor >&2
exit 1
fi

if start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $TORPID --exec $DAEMON
then
echo "$NAME."
elif kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null
then
echo "FAILED (Is $pid not $NAME? Is $DAEMON a different binary now?)."
else
echo "FAILED ($DAEMON died: process $pid not running; or permission denied)."
fi
;;
restart)
if ! su -s /bin/sh -c "$DAEMON --verify-config" debian-tor > /dev/null; then
echo "Restarting Tor ABORTED: Tor configuration invalid:" >&2
su -s /bin/sh -c "$DAEMON --verify-config" debian-tor >&2
exit 1
fi

$0 stop
sleep 1
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

Ну дык перемести его куда-нить, потом если нужно запустить tor, то S20tor start