Issue #10866: Add socket.sethostname(). Initial patch by Ross Lagerwall.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 5a5a214..d761a73 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -325,6 +325,26 @@
if not fqhn in all_host_names:
self.fail("Error testing host resolution mechanisms. (fqdn: %s, all: %s)" % (fqhn, repr(all_host_names)))
+ @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(socket, 'sethostname'), "test needs socket.sethostname()")
+ @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(socket, 'gethostname'), "test needs socket.gethostname()")
+ def test_sethostname(self):
+ oldhn = socket.gethostname()
+ try:
+ socket.sethostname('new')
+ except socket.error as e:
+ if e.errno == errno.EPERM:
+ self.skipTest("test should be run as root")
+ else:
+ raise
+ try:
+ # running test as root!
+ self.assertEqual(socket.gethostname(), 'new')
+ # Should work with bytes objects too
+ socket.sethostname(b'bar')
+ self.assertEqual(socket.gethostname(), 'bar')
+ finally:
+ socket.sethostname(oldhn)
+
def testRefCountGetNameInfo(self):
# Testing reference count for getnameinfo
if hasattr(sys, "getrefcount"):