Jason Vas Dias <jason.vas.d...@gmail.com> added the comment: Aha ! Yes, the test DOES succeed as a non-root user , and yes, if you are super user you can override any write bits in directory permissions if you own the directory.
So the fix ? : skip 'unwritable_directory' test if you are root - here's the patch ---------- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file21835/bug_11956.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11956> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
