PeterAlfredLee edited a comment on pull request #88: URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-vfs/pull/88#issuecomment-631442687
> Only non-root users can perform certain tests? Nope. But these asserts would fail if you are running the tests using root. I'm running these tests on Ubuntu 18.04. The tests are failing if I'm running with root, and they are passed with any non-root user. And the tests are passed on Windows. I checked the file after calling `file.setWritable(false)`, and it shows the file is not writable(-r--r--r--) when I run `ls -l`. At the same time I'm getting true when calling `file.canWrite()`. Seems the root user can bypass the permission and can write to files that are readonly for root. See also : [File.canWrite and Files.isWritable not giving correct value on Linux](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28366433/file-canwrite-and-files-iswritable-not-giving-correct-value-on-linux) ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
