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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "mgmt/general-config-section.hpp"
+#include "core/privilege-helper.hpp"
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace general {
+namespace tests {
+
+using namespace nfd::tests;
+
+class GeneralConfigSectionFixture : public BaseFixture
+{
+public:
+  ~GeneralConfigSectionFixture()
+  {
+    // revert changes to s_normalUid/s_normalGid, if any
+    PrivilegeHelper::s_normalUid = ::geteuid();
+    PrivilegeHelper::s_normalGid = ::getegid();
+  }
+};
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(MgmtGeneralConfigSection, GeneralConfigSectionFixture)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(UserAndGroupConfig)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "general\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "  user nobody\n"
+    "  group nogroup\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  ConfigFile configFile;
+
+  general::setConfigFile(configFile);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(configFile.parse(CONFIG, true, "test-general-config-section"));
+
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DefaultConfig)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "general\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  ConfigFile configFile;
+
+  general::setConfigFile(configFile);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(configFile.parse(CONFIG, true, "test-general-config-section"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(NoUserConfig)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "general\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "  group nogroup\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  ConfigFile configFile;
+
+  general::setConfigFile(configFile);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(configFile.parse(CONFIG, true, "test-general-config-section"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(NoGroupConfig)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "general\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "  user nobody\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  ConfigFile configFile;
+
+  general::setConfigFile(configFile);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(configFile.parse(CONFIG, true, "test-general-config-section"));
+}
+
+static bool
+checkExceptionMessage(const ConfigFile::Error& error, const std::string& expected)
+{
+  return error.what() == expected;
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(InvalidUserConfig)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "general\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "  user\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  ConfigFile configFile;
+  general::setConfigFile(configFile);
+
+  const std::string expected = "Invalid value for \"user\" in \"general\" section";
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EXCEPTION(configFile.parse(CONFIG, true, "test-general-config-section"),
+                          ConfigFile::Error,
+                          bind(&checkExceptionMessage, _1, expected));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(InvalidGroupConfig)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "general\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "  group\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  ConfigFile configFile;
+  general::setConfigFile(configFile);
+
+  const std::string expected = "Invalid value for \"group\" in \"general\" section";
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EXCEPTION(configFile.parse(CONFIG, true, "test-general-config-section"),
+                          ConfigFile::Error,
+                          bind(&checkExceptionMessage, _1, expected));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace general
+} // namespace nfd