Re: [Tails-testers] Tails features in 4.12/4.13 not working

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Author: alienpup
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Subject: Re: [Tails-testers] Tails features in 4.12/4.13 not working
intrigeri,

Thanks for the prompt response. Actions below were executed under 4.13 with Persistence unlocked.

intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> alienpup (2020-11-18):
>
> > I'd like to report the following. System is a Lenovo Thinkpad T410 laptop on which previous Tails releases have worked splendidly:
> >
> > 1. The Tails Greeter persistence feature never worked under v4.12 and does not now work under 4.13. In both cases the "Welcome Screen toggle can be set (enabled), but this change is lost during the first subsequent reboot.
>
> Do I understand correctly that you've enabled the "Welcome Screen"
> persistence feature, but after rebooting you see it's disabled in the
> persistence configuration wizard?


Yes. See attached image. "Welcome Screen" option was set with persistence unlocked prior to last restart.

> If that's right, please share:
>
>  - the contents of
>    /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf


# #
root@amnesia:~# cat /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf
/home/amnesia/Persistent    source=Persistent
/home/amnesia/.mozilla/firefox/bookmarks    source=bookmarks
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections    source=nm-system-connections
/var/cache/apt/archives    source=apt/cache
/var/lib/apt/lists    source=apt/lists
/etc/cups    source=cups-configuration
/home/amnesia/.gnupg    source=gnupg
/home/amnesia/.ssh    source=openssh-client
/home/amnesia    source=dotfiles,link
root@amnesia:~# 
##


> - the output of the following command:
>
>    ls -l /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf*


##
root@amnesia:~# ls -l /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf*
-rw------- 1 tails-persistence-setup tails-persistence-setup 392 Aug 25  2019 /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf
-rw------- 1 root                    root                    334 Aug 25  2019 /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf.bak
-rw------- 1 root                    root                    392 Aug 25  2019 /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf.insecure_disabled
root@amnesia:~# 
##


>    ls -ld /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/


##
root@amnesia:~# ls -ld /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/
drwxrwx---+ 11 root root 4096 Dec 17 2019 /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/
root@amnesia:~#
##

>
> > 2. The Tails 4.13 feature that protects the root of Persistence does
> > not work. The contents of this directory remains accessible when no
> > admin password is set.
>
> Please share:
>
> - the output of the following command:
>
>    ls -ld /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/


##
root@amnesia:~# ls -ld /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/
drwxrwx---+ 11 root root 4096 Dec 17 2019 /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/
root@amnesia:~#
##

>
> - the contents of /var/log/live-persist


Please see attached.

>
> Cheers!


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kind regards,
alienpup