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authorPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2011-01-30 03:34:31 -0500
committerPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2011-01-30 03:34:31 -0500
commit8121f0285d4ce30921cf4924d615a143bfdfb956 (patch)
treee63482206c5d069c14342eb0e8e1ccf0f467b879
parent8f1cff481ae440b8ced8601cd2a2134714580d3c (diff)
sudo !tty_tickets; correct config file list.
sudo needs to permit sudo w/o a TTY. The config file used is the same for each test, the individual config files are made available under a particular name. Correct that advice.
-rw-r--r--test/README8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index 2a1a79cc6..bdd840a66 100644
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met:
tracks the two users independently. Using the same user would result
in false positives on some tests.
+ Further, some tests invoke sudo in an environment where there might not be
+ a TTY, so tickets should be global, not per-TTY. Taking this all together
+ and assuming a user of "exim-build", you might have this in sudoers:
+
+ Defaults:exim-build timestamp_timeout=480,!tty_tickets
+
(3) The login under which you run the tests must be in the exim group so that
it has access to logs, spool files, etc. The login should not be one of the
names "userx", "usery", "userz", or a few other simple ones such as "abcd"
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ RUNNING THE TEST SUITE
(3) Run "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few auxiliary programs
that are written in C.
-(4) ls -1 $PWD/confs/* >> your_TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST_filename
+(4) echo $PWD/test-config >> your_TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST_filename
(5) Run "./runtest" (a Perl script) as described below.