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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tests/cp/fail-perm b/tests/cp/fail-perm
index 332b5b354..160b1e76a 100755
--- a/tests/cp/fail-perm
+++ b/tests/cp/fail-perm
@@ -14,13 +14,24 @@ touch D/a || framework_failure=1
 chmod 0 D/a || framework_failure=1
 chmod 500 D || framework_failure=1
 
+touch file || framework_failure=1
+chmod u-w file || framework_failure=1
+(echo foo >> file) >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
+  echo '********************************************'
+  echo "$0: NOTICE: This test case cannot be run as root."
+  echo '********************************************'
+  exit 77
+}
+
 if test $framework_failure = 1; then
   echo 'failure in testing framework'
   exit 1
 fi
 
 fail=0
-cp -pR D DD > /dev/null 2>&1 || fail=1
+
+# This is expected to exit non-zero, because it can't read D/a.
+cp -pR D DD > /dev/null 2>&1 && fail=1
 
 # Permissions on DD must be `dr-x------'