1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index bed76eb..345e16d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "setswitchinterval", "android_not_root",
     # network
     "HOST", "IPV6_ENABLED", "find_unused_port", "bind_port", "open_urlresource",
+    "bind_unix_socket",
     # processes
     'temp_umask', "reap_children",
     # logging
@@ -708,6 +709,15 @@ def bind_port(sock, host=HOST):
     port = sock.getsockname()[1]
     return port
 
+def bind_unix_socket(sock, addr):
+    """Bind a unix socket, raising SkipTest if PermissionError is raised."""
+    assert sock.family == socket.AF_UNIX
+    try:
+        sock.bind(addr)
+    except PermissionError:
+        sock.close()
+        raise unittest.SkipTest('cannot bind AF_UNIX sockets')
+
 def _is_ipv6_enabled():
     """Check whether IPv6 is enabled on this host."""
     if socket.has_ipv6: