If we're not root and the "fakeroot" command is available, use it

to re-run the script while pretending to be root.

diff --git a/testsuite/chown.test b/testsuite/chown.test
index 755ffdf84730695ffc02181295c3e66f895232bb..8f3a3e089b38a7028537bf9706a16abddaebd580 100644 (file)
--- a/testsuite/chown.test
+++ b/testsuite/chown.test
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
 
 set -x
 
+case `id -u` in
+'') ;; # If "id" failed, try to continue...
+0)  ;;
+*)  if [ -f /usr/bin/fakeroot ]; then
+       exec /usr/bin/fakeroot /bin/sh "$0"
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # Build some hardlinks
 
 mkdir "$fromdir"

diff --git a/testsuite/devices.test b/testsuite/devices.test
index 3e8f4077589b4012645f68841e09fb5f0ddd3929..4401572e4254b99fdff42470dc428fd70bdbe1e1 100644 (file)
--- a/testsuite/devices.test
+++ b/testsuite/devices.test
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@
 
 case `id -u` in
 '') ;; # If "id" failed, try to continue...
-0) ;;
-*) test_skipped "Rsync won't copy devices unless we're root" ;;
+0)  ;;
+*)  if [ -f /usr/bin/fakeroot ]; then
+       exec /usr/bin/fakeroot /bin/sh "$0"
+    fi
+    test_skipped "Rsync won't copy devices unless we're root"
+    ;;
 esac
 
 # TODO: Need to test whether hardlinks are possible on this OS/filesystem