[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.2 -> default): Issue #5113: Fix a test_posix failure on HP-UX, where non-root users can

Tue Apr 17 19:59:32 CEST 2012

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3d4922cf0d65
changeset: 76378:3d4922cf0d65
parent: 76375:5606ee052783
parent: 76377:428bece48029
user: Charles-François Natali <neologix at free.fr>
date: Tue Apr 17 19:58:50 2012 +0200
summary:
 Issue #5113: Fix a test_posix failure on HP-UX, where non-root users can
chown() to root under certain circumstances.
files:
 Lib/test/test_posix.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import time
 import os
 import fcntl
+import platform
 import pwd
 import shutil
 import stat
@@ -390,6 +391,9 @@
 
 def _test_all_chown_common(self, chown_func, first_param):
 """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:
 try:
 # Many linux distros have a nfsnobody user as MAX_UID-2
@@ -401,12 +405,15 @@
 chown_func(first_param, ent.pw_uid, ent.pw_gid)
 except KeyError:
 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:
 # non-root cannot chown to root, raises OSError
 self.assertRaises(OSError, chown_func,
 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()")
 def test_chown(self):
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
