Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 05.12.13 02:04, schrieb Vajrasky Kok: Cool. What about Linux/Unix/BSD with root account? If we have something similar, I may plan to write unit test for spwd module. Can you please phrase your question more explicit? What is it that you want to be done before writing unit tests for the spwd

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 05.12.13 16:21, schrieb Vajrasky Kok: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: Can you please phrase your question more explicit? What is it that you want to be done before writing unit tests for the spwd module? I am asking buildbot of Linux/Unix/BSD

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: Am 05.12.13 16:21, schrieb Vajrasky Kok: On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: Can you please phrase your question more explicit? What is it that you want to be done before writing

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-05 Thread Vajrasky Kok
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: Can you please phrase your question more explicit? What is it that you want to be done before writing unit tests for the spwd module? I am asking buildbot of Linux/Unix/BSD with root account. Do we have it now?

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 05.12.13 16:31, schrieb Chris Angelico: Ah. I don't think we have one. If somebody would want to donate one, I suggest to run it in a VM, to reduce the (valid) security concerns that Guido has voiced. If a snapshot of the VM is made, it would be easy to restore in case a commit performs

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-04 Thread Brian Curtin
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Ryan Gonzalez rym...@gmail.com wrote: Just don't run it on Windows... Not helpful. I'm in meetings/training/traveling all week, but I'll get another Windows build slave up within the next few days. I used to have a spare desktop box that ran a build slave as

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-04 Thread Vajrasky Kok
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Brian Curtin br...@python.org wrote: Not helpful. I'm in meetings/training/traveling all week, but I'll get another Windows build slave up within the next few days. I used to have a spare desktop box that ran a build slave as admin so it would exercise the

[Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-03 Thread Vajrasky Kok
Greetings, comrades! Having handled these two issues personally: http://bugs.python.org/issue19877 - test related with symlink fails on Windows Vista with administrator account (in Windows NT 6, only account in administrator group can create symlink) http://bugs.python.org/issue18678 - bug in

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-03 Thread Guido van Rossum
I would be rather worried about some accidental Trojen running that way. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-03 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 03Dec2013 08:25, Guido van Rossum gu...@python.org wrote: I would be rather worried about some accidental Trojen running that way. Or even just a badly framed clean-up-temp-files step. -- Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au manual, n.: A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on

Re: [Python-Dev] Running the unit test as root/administrator

2013-12-03 Thread Ryan Gonzalez
Just don't run it on Windows... On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Guido van Rossum gu...@python.org wrote: I would be rather worried about some accidental Trojen running that way. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org