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-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/chroot-fail.sh46
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh b/tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh
index 82ae23cdb..75f724a87 100755
--- a/tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh
@@ -29,14 +29,18 @@ test $? = 125 || fail=1
chroot --- / true # unknown option
test $? = 125 || fail=1
-# Note chroot("/") succeeds for non-root users on some systems, but not all,
-# however we avoid the chroot() with "/" to have common behavior.
-chroot / sh -c 'exit 2' # exit status propagation
-test $? = 2 || fail=1
-chroot / . # invalid command
-test $? = 126 || fail=1
-chroot / no_such # no such command
-test $? = 127 || fail=1
+# chroot("/") succeeds for non-root users on some systems, but not all.
+if chroot / true ; then
+ can_chroot_root=1
+ chroot / sh -c 'exit 2' # exit status propagation
+ test $? = 2 || fail=1
+ chroot / . # invalid command
+ test $? = 126 || fail=1
+ chroot / no_such # no such command
+ test $? = 127 || fail=1
+else
+ test $? = 125 || fail=1
+fi
# Ensure that --skip-chdir fails with a non-"/" argument.
cat <<\EOF > exp || framework_failure_
@@ -47,17 +51,19 @@ chroot --skip-chdir . env pwd >out 2>err && fail=1
compare /dev/null out || fail=1
compare exp err || fail=1
-# Ensure we don't chroot("/") when NEWROOT is old "/".
-ln -s / isroot || framework_failure_
-for dir in '/' '/.' '/../' isroot; do
- # Verify that chroot(1) succeeds and performs chdir("/")
- # (chroot(1) of coreutils-8.23 failed to run the latter).
- curdir=$(chroot "$dir" env pwd) || fail=1
- test "$curdir" = '/' || fail=1
-
- # Test the "--skip-chdir" option.
- curdir=$(chroot --skip-chdir "$dir" env pwd) || fail=1
- test "$curdir" = '/' && fail=1
-done
+# Ensure we chdir("/") appropriately when NEWROOT is old "/".
+if test "$can_chroot_root"; then
+ ln -s / isroot || framework_failure_
+ for dir in '/' '/.' '/../' isroot; do
+ # Verify that chroot(1) succeeds and performs chdir("/")
+ # (chroot(1) of coreutils-8.23 failed to run the latter).
+ curdir=$(chroot "$dir" env pwd) || fail=1
+ test "$curdir" = '/' || fail=1
+
+ # Test the "--skip-chdir" option.
+ curdir=$(chroot --skip-chdir "$dir" env pwd) || fail=1
+ test "$curdir" = '/' && fail=1
+ done
+fi
Exit $fail