diff -r e5bac5b2f38d Lib/test/test_spwd.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_spwd.py	Sun May 25 18:03:42 2014 +0700
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import os
+import unittest
+from test import support
+
+spwd = support.import_module('spwd')
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(spwd is None, "Needs spwd module")
+@unittest.skipUnless(os.getuid() == 0, "Needs root account on POSIX")
+class TestSpwdRoot(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.entries = spwd.getspall()
+        self.random_entry = self.entries[0]
+
+    def test_getspall(self):
+        for entry in self.entries:
+            self.assertIsInstance(entry, spwd.struct_spwd)
+
+    def test_getspnam(self):
+        entry = spwd.getspnam(self.random_entry.sp_namp)
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry, spwd.struct_spwd)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_namp, self.random_entry.sp_namp)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_namp, entry[0])
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry.sp_pwdp, str)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_pwdp, entry[1])
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry.sp_lstchg, int)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_lstchg, entry[2])
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry.sp_min, int)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_min, entry[3])
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry.sp_max, int)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_max, entry[4])
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry.sp_warn, int)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_warn, entry[5])
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry.sp_inact, int)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_inact, entry[6])
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry.sp_expire, int)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_expire, entry[7])
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry.sp_flag, int)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.sp_flag, entry[8])
+        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()