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Author Jason.Vas.Dias
Recipients Jason.Vas.Dias
Date 2011-04-29.17:06:15
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Aha ! Yes, the test DOES succeed as a non-root user , and yes,
if you are super user you can override any write bits in
directory permissions if you own the directory.

So the fix ? : skip 'unwritable_directory' test if you are root -
here's the patch
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