Issue #14698: Make test_posix more robust when the current UID doesn't have an
associated pwd entry.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index 684326a..06f3fdd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@
# If a non-privileged user invokes it, it should fail with OSError
# EPERM.
if os.getuid() != 0:
- name = pwd.getpwuid(posix.getuid()).pw_name
+ try:
+ name = pwd.getpwuid(posix.getuid()).pw_name
+ except KeyError:
+ # the current UID may not have a pwd entry
+ raise unittest.SkipTest("need a pwd entry")
try:
posix.initgroups(name, 13)
except OSError as e:
@@ -418,8 +422,9 @@
def test_getgroups(self):
with os.popen('id -G') as idg:
groups = idg.read().strip()
+ ret = idg.close()
- if not groups:
+ if ret != 0 or not groups:
raise unittest.SkipTest("need working 'id -G'")
# 'id -G' and 'os.getgroups()' should return the same