2 files changed, 22 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/dir/mkdir_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/dir/mkdir_spec.rb
index 7eb8a8fe6c..e724840160 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/dir/mkdir_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/dir/mkdir_spec.rb
@@ -66,20 +66,22 @@ end
 # The permissions flag are not supported on Windows as stated in documentation:
 # The permissions may be modified by the value of File.umask, and are ignored on NT.
 platform_is_not :windows do
-  describe "Dir.mkdir" do
-    before :each do
-      @dir = tmp "noperms"
-    end
+  as_user do
+    describe "Dir.mkdir" do
+      before :each do
+        @dir = tmp "noperms"
+      end
 
-    after :each do
-      File.chmod 0777, @dir
-      rm_r @dir
-    end
+      after :each do
+        File.chmod 0777, @dir
+        rm_r @dir
+      end
 
-    it "raises a SystemCallError when lacking adequate permissions in the parent dir" do
-      Dir.mkdir @dir, 0000
+      it "raises a SystemCallError when lacking adequate permissions in the parent dir" do
+        Dir.mkdir @dir, 0000
 
-      lambda { Dir.mkdir "#{@dir}/subdir" }.should raise_error(SystemCallError)
+        lambda { Dir.mkdir "#{@dir}/subdir" }.should raise_error(SystemCallError)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/dir/shared/delete.rb b/spec/ruby/core/dir/shared/delete.rb
index 8db17d985f..649708cd76 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/dir/shared/delete.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/dir/shared/delete.rb
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ describe :dir_delete, shared: true do
 
   # this won't work on Windows, since chmod(0000) does not remove all permissions
   platform_is_not :windows do
-    it "raises an Errno::EACCES if lacking adequate permissions to remove the directory" do
-      parent = DirSpecs.mock_rmdir("noperm")
-      child = DirSpecs.mock_rmdir("noperm", "child")
-      File.chmod(0000, parent)
-      lambda do
-        Dir.send @method, child
-      end.should raise_error(Errno::EACCES)
+    as_user do
+      it "raises an Errno::EACCES if lacking adequate permissions to remove the directory" do
+        parent = DirSpecs.mock_rmdir("noperm")
+        child = DirSpecs.mock_rmdir("noperm", "child")
+        File.chmod(0000, parent)
+        lambda do
+          Dir.send @method, child
+        end.should raise_error(Errno::EACCES)
+      end
     end
   end
 end