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When running tests as root, suggest using sudo with NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER.

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Jim Meyering 2003-07-29 20:55:00 +00:00
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@ -76,11 +76,20 @@ Here is one possible patch to correct the problem.
If you run the tests as root, note that a few of them create files
and/or run programs as a non-root user, `nobody' by default.
If you want to use some other non-root username, specify it via
the NON_ROOT_USERNAME environment variable.
the NON_ROOT_USERNAME environment variable. Depending on the
permissions with which the working directories have been created,
using `nobody' may fail, because that use won't have the required
read and write access to the build and test directories.
I find that it is best to unpack and build as a non-privileged
user, and then to run the following command as that user in order
to run the privilege-requiring tests:
sudo env NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make check
If you can run the tests as root, please do so and report any
problems. We get much less test coverage in that mode, and it's
arguably more important that these tools work well when run by
root than when run by unprivileged users.
root than when run by less privileged users.
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