diff -r 5379bba2fb21 Lib/test/test_spwd.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_spwd.py	Sun Dec 08 12:13:18 2013 +0800
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import os
+import unittest
+from test.support import import_module
+
+def is_root():
+    return os.getuid() == 0
+
+spwd = import_module('spwd')
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(is_root(), "Must be root to run this test.")
+class TestSpwdRoot(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.entries = spwd.getspall()
+        self.random_entry = self.entries[0]
+
+    def test_getspwdall(self):
+        for entry in self.entries:
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry, spwd.struct_spwd))
+
+    def test_getspwnam(self):
+        entry = spwd.getspnam(self.random_entry.sp_namp)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry, spwd.struct_spwd))
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_namp, self.random_entry.sp_namp)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry.sp_pwdp, str))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry.sp_lstchg, int))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry.sp_min, int))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry.sp_max, int))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry.sp_warn, int))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry.sp_inact, int))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry.sp_expire, int))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(entry.sp_flag, int))
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError) as cx:
+            spwd.getspnam('invalid user name')
+        self.assertEqual(str(cx.exception), "'getspnam(): name not found'")
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, spwd.getspnam, 1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()