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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_httpservers.py8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
index 1bbaf0e..cc15dd6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
@@ -259,8 +259,9 @@ class SimpleHTTPServerTestCase(BaseTestCase):
with open(os.path.join(self.tempdir_name, 'index.html'), 'w') as f:
response = self.request('/' + self.tempdir_name + '/')
self.check_status_and_reason(response, 200)
- if os.name == 'posix':
- # chmod won't work as expected on Windows platforms
+ # chmod() doesn't work as expected on Windows, and filesystem
+ # permissions are ignored by root on Unix.
+ if os.name == 'posix' and os.geteuid() != 0:
os.chmod(self.tempdir, 0)
response = self.request(self.tempdir_name + '/')
self.check_status_and_reason(response, 404)
@@ -305,6 +306,9 @@ print("%%s, %%s, %%s" %% (form.getfirst("spam"), form.getfirst("eggs"),
form.getfirst("bacon")))
"""
+
+@unittest.skipIf(hasattr(os, 'geteuid') and os.geteuid() == 0,
+ "This test can't be run reliably as root (issue #13308).")
class CGIHTTPServerTestCase(BaseTestCase):
class request_handler(NoLogRequestHandler, CGIHTTPRequestHandler):
pass