Root is the lizard king.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13579

diff --git a/lib/Net/t/netrc.t b/lib/Net/t/netrc.t
index c7bbc04..edde65a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Net/t/netrc.t
+++ b/lib/Net/t/netrc.t
@@ -58,13 +58,24 @@ SKIP: {
        $stat[2] = 077;
        ok( !defined(Net::Netrc::_readrc()),
                '_readrc() should not read world-writable file' );
-       ok( $warn =~ /^Bad permissions/, '... and should warn about it' );
+       ok( $warn =~ /^Bad permissions:/, '... and should warn about it' );
 
        # the owner field should still not match
        $stat[2] = 0;
-       ok( !defined(Net::Netrc::_readrc()),
-               '_readrc() should not read file owned by someone else' );
-       ok( $warn =~ /^Not owner/, '... and should warn about it' );
+
+       my $olduid = $>;
+       eval { $> = 1 }; # switch uid away from root (may not be impelemented)
+
+      SKIP: {
+         skip("don't you know what absolutely power does to you?", 2)
+             if $> == 0;
+         
+         ok( !defined(Net::Netrc::_readrc()),
+             '_readrc() should not read file owned by someone else' );
+         ok( $warn =~ /^Not owner:/, '... and should warn about it' );
+      }
+
+       eval { $> = $olduid }; # switch uid back (may not be implemented)
 }
 
 # this field must now match, to avoid the last-tested warning