[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Issue #11956: Skip test_import.test_unwritable_directory on FreeBSD when run as (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Thu Oct 6 06:54:20 CEST 2011

Cameron Simpson writes:

Am I really the only person who feels unease about this scenario?

No, you are not alone.

Though in practice with all the "Welcome, Cracker!" boxes out there, one more less-secure-than-it-could-be VM probably doesn't matter all that much. More important to Python is Terry's point that running as root is not the normal scenario for most users, so the buildbot client should be set up to run as root only for tests that are specifically intended to test running as root (or as a separate run from the "normal" unprivileged user test suite).

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