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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_socket.py22
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index e811348b18..b4bb293213 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -260,11 +260,23 @@ class GeneralModuleTests(unittest.TestCase):
def testGetServByName(self):
"""Testing getservbyname()."""
if hasattr(socket, 'getservbyname'):
- socket.getservbyname('telnet', 'tcp')
- try:
- socket.getservbyname('telnet', 'udp')
- except socket.error:
- pass
+ # try a few protocols - not everyone has telnet enabled
+ found = 0
+ for proto in ("telnet", "ssh", "www", "ftp"):
+ try:
+ socket.getservbyname(proto, 'tcp')
+ found = 1
+ break
+ except socket.error:
+ pass
+ try:
+ socket.getservbyname(proto, 'udp')
+ found = 1
+ break
+ except socket.error:
+ pass
+ if not found:
+ raise socket.error
def testDefaultTimeout(self):
"""Testing default timeout."""