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Issue #5113: Fix a test_posix failure on HP-UX, where non-root users can 

chown() to root under certain circumstances.
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Charles-François Natali 2012-04-17 19:58:50 +02:00
parent c8ce715a82 ab2d58eefa
commit fba807ac44
1 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
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Lib/test/test_posix.py
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@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import sys
import time import time
import os import os
import fcntl import fcntl
import platform
import pwd import pwd
import shutil import shutil
import stat import stat
@ -390,6 +391,9 @@ class PosixTester(unittest.TestCase):
def _test_all_chown_common(self, chown_func, first_param): def _test_all_chown_common(self, chown_func, first_param):
"""Common code for chown, fchown and lchown tests.""" """Common code for chown, fchown and lchown tests."""
# test a successful chown call
chown_func(first_param, os.getuid(), os.getgid())
if os.getuid() == 0: if os.getuid() == 0:
try: try:
# Many linux distros have a nfsnobody user as MAX_UID-2 # Many linux distros have a nfsnobody user as MAX_UID-2
@ -401,12 +405,15 @@ class PosixTester(unittest.TestCase):
chown_func(first_param, ent.pw_uid, ent.pw_gid) chown_func(first_param, ent.pw_uid, ent.pw_gid)
except KeyError: except KeyError:
pass pass
elif platform.system() in ('HP-UX', 'SunOS'):
# HP-UX and Solaris can allow a non-root user to chown() to root
# (issue #5113)
raise unittest.SkipTest("Skipping because of non-standard chown() "
"behavior")
else: else:
# non-root cannot chown to root, raises OSError # non-root cannot chown to root, raises OSError
self.assertRaises(OSError, chown_func, self.assertRaises(OSError, chown_func,
first_param, 0, 0) first_param, 0, 0)
# test a successful chown call
chown_func(first_param, os.getuid(), os.getgid())
@unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(posix, 'chown'), "test needs os.chown()") @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(posix, 'chown'), "test needs os.chown()")
def test_chown(self): def test_chown(self):