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Re: Clarifications to tests(7)
Greg Troxel wrote:
> I found that tests(7) did not give guidance as to whether one should
> invoke atf-run (for the tests included with NetBSD) as root, and
> whether one had to worry about the state of the system. The following
> patch is my best guess at the right answers. I'll commit it if there
> are no objections.
[...]
> +If run as root, an unprivileged user will be used for tests that do
> +not require privileges.
Based on my understanding of the atf-run(7) man page, I think that
should read:
If run as root, the tests are executed with root privileges,
except for a few tests that specifically require execution as
an unprivileged user.
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Andreas Gustafsson, gson%gson.org@localhost
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