Re: kyua test

On 31 Jan 2020, at 7:34, Clay Daniels wrote:
> I've started running kyua test when I load the weekly current 
> snapshot, and
> I'm a little confused about if I should run kyua test as user or root. 
> In
> order to make the /usr/ports/devel/kyua port you need to be root and I 
> have
> just been doing the test as root, but I notice in the instructions I'm
> using in the test(7) manpage it says:
>
> $ kyua test -k /usr/tests/Kyuafile
>
> Which suggested to me run as user with the $ (not #)
>
> Of course, when I run it as user as I'm doing right now, it skips some
> tests that are only for root. I guess I could use a little advice.
>
Some tests require root, some do not. It depends on what you want to 
test.
All tests that require root should announce this in their configuration, 
so running tests as a regular user should work, but you’ll end up with 
more skipped tests than if you run them as root.

I personally mostly care about network (and specifically pf) tests, so I 
tend to always run them as root. If you care about (e.g.) grep tests 
they should just work as a regular user.

Best regards,
Kristof