Per instructions for copying Private Persistent Data to a newly created Tails volume (
https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/persistence/copy/) I attempted such a copy as I have done before:
Copy your old files to the new persistent volume
1. Choose Applications ▸ System Tools ▸ Root Terminal to open a terminal with administration rights.
2. Execute the nautilus command to open the file browser with administration rights…
However, on Tails 3.0~alpha1 this results in an error, and Nautilus fails to start:
Executing the same steps on Tails 2.7 results in a Warning and Errors, but it does open the Nautilus UI with administrative credentials:
The Environment for this is VirtualBox 5.1.8 r111374 on Windows 10 Pro Build 14393.rs1_release as a host.
The Guest environment is:
Note, the instructions (“If you find anything that is not working as it should, please report to us tails-testers@??? <
mailto:tails-testers@boum.org> .”) (
https://tails.boum.org/news/test_3.0-alpha1/index.en.html) seem to imply that you want these reports by e-mail, so that’s what I’ve done. If I should have filled out a ticket somewhere, just let me know, and I’ll do it right next time. I’ve been around Tails for quite a while now, just thought I’d start trying to pay back a little.
Great job, guys (and ladies!).
Regards,
Doug Heath
jdheath@???
