[New-bugs-announce] [issue17248] test_posix chown -1, 0 tests fail if user has group root

[R. David Murray]

New submission from R. David Murray:

I'm a member of group root, and the _test_all_chown_common tests that use -1, 0 fail for me, because I'm allowed to set group root on a file.

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components: Tests
messages: 182461
nosy: r.david.murray, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: test_posix chown -1, 0 tests fail if user has group root
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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