1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_spwd.py b/Lib/test/test_spwd.py
index bea7ab1..fca809e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_spwd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_spwd.py
@@ -56,5 +56,15 @@ class TestSpwdRoot(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, spwd.getspnam, bytes_name)
 
 
+@unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'geteuid') and os.geteuid() != 0,
+                     'non-root user required')
+class TestSpwdNonRoot(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_getspnam_exception(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(PermissionError) as cm:
+            spwd.getspnam('bin')
+        self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception), '[Errno 13] Permission denied')
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()