[issue29562] test_getgroups of test_posix fails (on OS X 10.10)

Jim DeLaHunt added the comment: > Note that the result of getgroups(2) is fixed on login, while "id -G" > reflects the current state of the user database on macOS. Wow, that's interesting! Thank you for this information. The test code for test_getgroups does not mention this interaction. I c

[issue29562] test_getgroups of test_posix fails (on OS X 10.10)

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Note that the result of getgroups(2) is fixed on login, while "id -G" reflects the current state of the user database on macOS. Could this explain this failure? That is, have you tried logging out and in again before running the test suite? -- _

[issue29562] test_getgroups of test_posix fails (on OS X 10.10)

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[issue29562] test_getgroups of test_posix fails (on OS X 10.10)

Jim DeLaHunt added the comment: The Mac OS 10.10 man page for initgroups(3) says: "Processes should not use the group ID numbers from getgroups(2) to determine a user's group membership. The list obtained from getgroups() may only be a partial list of a user's group membership. Membership ch

[issue29562] test_getgroups of test_posix fails (on OS X 10.10)

Jim DeLaHunt added the comment: I guess I didn't state the things I find odd about what the new test_getgroups results. 1. `os.getgroups()` used to return group (395, 'com.apple.access_ftp'), but no longer does. I don't see a reason why. 2. `os.getgroups()` is returning 2 fewer group id's t

[issue29562] test_getgroups of test_posix fails (on OS X 10.10)

Jim DeLaHunt added the comment: Some diagnosis. Group `com.apple.sharepoint.group.1` appears to be related to a certain kind of file sharing, but I don't have hard evidence. Its only member was a test user I created as part of screen sharing with Apple Support. ``` % dscacheutil -q group -a

[issue29562] test_getgroups of test_posix fails (on OS X 10.10)

Jim DeLaHunt added the comment: I have pushed a branch for this issue to my cpython fork: https://github.com/JDLH/cpython/tree/bpo-29562_failing_test_getgroups_on_os_x It modifies test_getgroups in test_posix.py to give better diagnostics in the event of a test failure. It says specifically wh

[issue29562] test_getgroups of test_posix fails (on OS X 10.10)

New submission from Jim DeLaHunt: When I run test.test_posix.PosixTester.test_getgroups on my Mac OS X system, it fails: % ./python.exe -m unittest -v test.test_posix.PosixTester.test_getgroups test_getgroups (test.test_posix.PosixTester) ... FAIL ==