Jean-Baptiste Lallement writes ("[Bug 1169604] Re: set permission to og+rx on working directory to allow test execution by any user"): > The case I'm trying to address, is a test running as root to prepare the > test environment (for example start/stop services) then drop privileges > to another user with 'su' to run the actual testsuite.
The current metadata doesn't support ordering or mutual dependencies between tests, so you have other problems too I think. But in your particular case, you can have your prep make a temporary directory owned by the user. Ian. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1169604 Title: set permission to og+rx on working directory to allow test execution by any user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autopkgtest/+bug/1169604/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs