--- bzrlib/tests/test_lockdir.py	2007-08-28 22:51:01.000000000 +0300
+++ bzrlib/tests/test_lockdir.py	2007-08-31 15:54:46.000000000 +0300
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@
     def test_lock_permission(self):
         if not osutils.supports_posix_readonly():
             raise tests.TestSkipped('Cannot induce a permission failure')
+        if not os.getuid():
+            raise tests.TestSkipped('Running as root')
         ld1 = self.get_lock()
         lock_path = ld1.transport.local_abspath('test_lock')
         os.mkdir(lock_path)
--- bzrlib/tests/per_lock/test_lock.py  2007-08-28 22:51:00.000000000 +0300
+++ bzrlib/tests/per_lock/test_lock.py	2007-08-31 16:34:22.000000000 +0300
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     )
 
 from bzrlib.tests.per_lock import TestCaseWithLock
+from bzrlib.tests import TestSkipped
 
 
 class TestLock(TestCaseWithLock):
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@
 
         But we shouldn't be able to take a write lock.
         """
+        if not osutils.os.getuid():
+            raise TestSkipped('Running as root')
         osutils.make_readonly('a-file')
         # Make sure the file is read-only (on all platforms)
         self.assertRaises(IOError, open, 'a-file', 'rb+')