[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] Bash: Allow new-exp ptest to pass when run as root.

[Randy MacLeod]

On 5/29/19 8:35 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 10:31 -0400, Sakib Sajal wrote:
>> The ptest was failing as it was expecting non-root user.
>> Ptests are only run as root.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sakib Sajal <sakib.sajal at windriver.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Macleod <randy.macleod at windriver.com>
> 
> Rather than patching the code with a patch which we can never upstream,
> can we run the ptest under a non-root user?

We considered that but when I looked for an example of oe-core doing
that but didn't see one. Did I miss it/them?

I suppose the /usr/lib/bash/ptest/run-ptest script could:
  - create a user: say 'bashptest'
  - run the tests
  - delete the user.
Of course we'd need to add dependencies for the user mgmt tools.

Is that what you were thinking?

../Randy

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
> 


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