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spec/util_random_spec.lua @ 11047:93cdd1ece689

mod_posix: Remove ancient undocumented user switching User switching has been done by prosodyctl or init scripts for a very long time now, so this is not needed. Using this would not have worked with module reloading (e.g. to reload certificates) since ports are closed and re-bound, which would then not be allowed. Today there exists better ways to grant low ports, i.e. capabilities(7) <Zash> Why do we have this? <MattJ> Remove it
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:48:47 +0200
parent 8450:3a9a3d90c44c
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local random = require "util.random";

describe("util.random", function()
	describe("#bytes()", function()
		it("should return a string", function()
			assert.is_string(random.bytes(16));
		end);

		it("should return the requested number of bytes", function()
			-- Makes no attempt at testing how random the bytes are,
			-- just that it returns the number of bytes requested

			for i = 1, 20 do
				assert.are.equal(2^i, #random.bytes(2^i));
			end
		end);
	end);
end);