Securedrop: Tails 3 root nautilus backups

Created on 4 Aug 2017  路  2Comments  路  Source: freedomofpress/securedrop

Bug

Can't start nautilus from root terminal

Since Tails 3, you'll have to do something like gksu nautilus to launch a root nautilus. You'll get a GTK-Warning cannot open display: :1 if you have run a root file manager before in the same session

Steps to Reproduce

Described here:
https://docs.securedrop.org/en/latest/upgrade_to_tails_3x.html#upgrade-the-tails-drives
https://docs.securedrop.org/en/latest/backup_workstations.html

Actual Behavior

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Comments

gksu nautilus from a regular terminal would work. When reproducing this bug, I found that it only happens when having run a root nautilus in the same sesion before.

bug help wanted

All 2 comments

Was able to reproduce on hardware. Thanks @KwadroNaut!

Seems running gksu nautilus from the regular terminal application would be a more sustainable alternative in the long run.

Currently WIP as update_tails_docs_gksudo.

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