Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 4 21 Aug 2026, 22:02

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Root access control enforcement 8 1 0 0 0 9 1 1 2 2:47.663 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Root access control enforcement
As a Tails user, I can perform administrative tasks only by using the password I have optionally set up in the Welcome Screen
Tags: @product
1:33.728
Scenario I can perform administrative tasks if I have set up an administration password in the Welcome Screen
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in with an administration password 1:11.114
And running a command as root with pkexec requires PolicyKit administrator privileges 0.082
Then I can run a command as root with sudo 0.091
Then I can run a command as root with pkexec 22.441
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:1031:in `/^I run "([^"]+)" in Console$/'
./features/step_definitions/root_access_control.rb:49:in `/^I can run a command as root with pkexec$/'
features/root_access_control.feature:10:in `Then I can run a command as root with pkexec'
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.344 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'I can perform administrative tasks if I have set up an administration password in the Welcome Screen' (at time 00:13:41)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:13:41_I_can_perform_administrative_tasks_if_I_have_set_up_an_administration_password_in_the_Welcome_Screen.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:13:41_I_can_perform_administrative_tasks_if_I_have_set_up_an_administration_password_in_the_Welcome_Screen.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:13:41_I_can_perform_administrative_tasks_if_I_have_set_up_an_administration_password_in_the_Welcome_Screen.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:13:41_I_can_perform_administrative_tasks_if_I_have_set_up_an_administration_password_in_the_Welcome_Screen.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
1:13.934
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 28.548
And running a command as root with pkexec requires PolicyKit administrator privileges 0.086
Then I cannot run a command as root with sudo and the standard passwords 0.208
And I cannot run a command as root with pkexec and the standard passwords 17.847
Then I cannot login as root using su with the standard passwords 27.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000