[CHEF-3689] skip unix-specific permissions test on windows

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/spec/unit/api_client/registration_spec.rb b/spec/unit/api_client/registration_spec.rb
index 471c7149d7..8e6f9f8483 100644
--- a/spec/unit/api_client/registration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/api_client/registration_spec.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ describe Chef::ApiClient::Registration do
       registration.stub!(:private_key).and_return('--begin rsa key etc--')
     end
 
-    it "creates the file with 0600 permissions" do
+    # Permission read via File.stat is busted on windows, though creating the
+    # file with 0600 has the desired effect of giving access rights to the
+    # owner only. A platform-specific functional test would be helpful.
+    it "creates the file with 0600 permissions", :unix_only do
       File.should_not exist(key_location)
       registration.write_key
       File.should exist(key_location)