1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/test/libapt/fileutl_test.cc b/test/libapt/fileutl_test.cc
index 2bd090e5e..7d1368f7a 100644
--- a/test/libapt/fileutl_test.cc
+++ b/test/libapt/fileutl_test.cc
@@ -222,9 +222,13 @@ TEST(FileUtlTest, GetTempDir)
    setenv("TMPDIR", "/not-there-no-really-not", 1);
    EXPECT_EQ("/tmp", GetTempDir());
 
-   // here but not accessible for non-roots
-   setenv("TMPDIR", "/usr", 1);
-   EXPECT_EQ("/tmp", GetTempDir());
+   // root can access everything, so /usr will be accepted
+   if (geteuid() != 0)
+   {
+       // here but not accessible for non-roots
+       setenv("TMPDIR", "/usr", 1);
+       EXPECT_EQ("/tmp", GetTempDir());
+   }
 
    // files are no good for tmpdirs, too
    setenv("TMPDIR", "/dev/null", 1);