Issue #17248: Fix os.*chown() testing when user has group root.

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index e06ffa5be4d8e526bb15b93c0c9338ee7f3318be..5a26d649d38f0237daccd27a1b9d9956b9289b1f 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -279,10 +279,11 @@ class PosixTester(unittest.TestCase):
             # non-root cannot chown to root, raises OSError
             self.assertRaises(OSError, chown_func, first_param, 0, 0)
             check_stat(uid, gid)
-            self.assertRaises(OSError, chown_func, first_param, -1, 0)
-            check_stat(uid, gid)
             self.assertRaises(OSError, chown_func, first_param, 0, -1)
             check_stat(uid, gid)
+            if gid != 0:
+                self.assertRaises(OSError, chown_func, first_param, -1, 0)
+                check_stat(uid, gid)
         # test illegal types
         for t in str, float:
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, chown_func, first_param, t(uid), gid)