X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/40b139388033aefd5397ba540ae8722acd1cd2cc..bb21ecac5bf5cb6e586476bbc754c709f71b3252:/testsuite/devices.test

diff --git a/testsuite/devices.test b/testsuite/devices.test
index 3e8f4077..2a6c8a85 100644
--- a/testsuite/devices.test
+++ b/testsuite/devices.test
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@
 
 case `id -u` in
 '') ;; # If "id" failed, try to continue...
-0) ;;
-*) test_skipped "Rsync won't copy devices unless we're root" ;;
+0)  ;;
+*)  if [ -f /usr/bin/fakeroot ]; then
+	echo "Let's try re-running the script under fakeroot..."
+	exec /usr/bin/fakeroot /bin/sh "$0"
+    fi
+    test_skipped "Rsync won't copy devices unless we're root"
+    ;;
 esac
 
 # TODO: Need to test whether hardlinks are possible on this OS/filesystem