diff --git a/pylons_app/tests/__init__.py b/pylons_app/tests/__init__.py
--- a/pylons_app/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/pylons_app/tests/__init__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,16 @@ class TestController(TestCase):
         wsgiapp = pylons.test.pylonsapp
         config = wsgiapp.config
         self.app = TestApp(wsgiapp)
+        self.session = session
         url._push_object(URLGenerator(config['routes.map'], environ))
         self.sa = meta.Session
         TestCase.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    
+    def log_user(self):
+        response = self.app.post(url(controller='login', action='index'),
+                                 {'username':'test_admin',
+                                  'password':'test'})
+        assert response.status == '302 Found', 'Wrong response code from login got %s' % response.status
+        assert response.session['hg_app_user'].username == 'test_admin', 'wrong logged in user'
+        return response.follow()        
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diff --git a/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_hg.py b/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_hg.py
--- a/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_hg.py
+++ b/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_hg.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ from pylons_app.tests import *
 class TestAdminController(TestController):
 
     def test_index(self):
-                
+        self.log_user()
         response = self.app.get(url(controller='hg', action='index'))
-        # Test response...
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+        #if global permission is set
+        assert 'ADD NEW REPOSITORY' in response.body, 'Wrong main page'
+        assert 'href="/vcs_test/summary"' in response.body, ' mising repository in list'
+        # Test response...
diff --git a/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_search.py b/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_search.py
--- a/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_search.py
+++ b/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_search.py
@@ -3,5 +3,13 @@ from pylons_app.tests import *
 class TestSearchController(TestController):
 
     def test_index(self):
+        self.log_user()
         response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'))
+        print response.body
+        assert 'class="small" id="q" name="q" type="text"' in response.body,'Search box content error'
         # Test response...
+
+    def test_empty_search(self):
+        self.log_user()
+        response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'),{'q':'vcs_test'})
+        assert 'There is no index to search in. Please run whoosh indexer' in response.body,'No error message about empty index'
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