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Writing Python Tests for Samba

unittest.TestCase

Python unittest.TestCase is the standard basis on which all of Samba's python based tests should be written.

This provides helpful routines such as assertTrue() etc, which provide a cosnsitent pattern in the tests.

samba.tests.TestCase

Samba's subclass samba.tests.TestCase, provides additional helper routines such as env_loadparm()

pydoc

You can explore the methods provided using pydoc:

PYTHONPATH=bin/python pydoc samba.tests.TestCase

Testing Samba binaries

When testing Samba binaries, please use:

samba.tests.BlackboxTestCase

Testing samba-tool

samba-tool is a special case, as it is written in python. To avoid a fork()/exec() of python from python, use

samba.tests.samba_tool.base.SambaToolCmdTest

The runcmd() and runsubcmd() methods allows testing of a samba-tool command in the same process, which also allows the use of

samba.tests.TestCase.get_creds_ccache_name()

This example from source4/torture/drs/python/fsmo.py shows how to run an authenticated subcommand without forcing a new kinit:

ccache_name = self.get_creds_ccache_name()
cmd_line_auth = "--krb5-ccache=%s" % ccache_name
(result, out, err) = self.runsubcmd("fsmo", "transfer",
                                    "--role=%s" % role,
                                    "-H", "ldap://%s:389" % DC,
                                    cmd_line_auth)


Tempoary directories

If you need a temp dir, use

samba.tests.TestCaseInTempDir

Both

samba.tests.samba_tool.base.SambaToolCmdTest

and

samba.tests.BlackboxTestCase

descend from this class, so the self.tempdir attribute is available with a temporary directory. The framework will assert that directory is empty when the test is done.