On my system, the "nobody" user does not have a usable shell. make check-TESTS make[3]: Entering directory `/fs/data/mount/home/prj/src/spf/coreutils-4.5.9/tests/rm' out exp differ: char 1, line 1 1c1 < su: /nil/nobody/shell: No such file or directory --- > rm: cannot remove `a/b': Operation not permitted FAIL: fail-2eperm
I think the right way to do this sort of thing is to let the user specify a username or UID to use for non-root tests. Then you can pass the UID directly to setuid() rather than using su, so you don't have to worry about the shell. This would also make it possible to run all the tests in a single "make check" run, rather than getting messages like: *************************** NOTICE: ./cycle: This test is being skipped, since it works only when run by an unprivileged user. *************************** paul _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
