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+# Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import mock
+from mock import patch
+
+from tempest.common.utils import file_utils
+from tempest.tests import base
+
+
+class TestFileUtils(base.TestCase):
+
+    def test_have_effective_read_path(self):
+        with patch('__builtin__.open', mock.mock_open(), create=True):
+            result = file_utils.have_effective_read_access('fake_path')
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+    def test_not_effective_read_path(self):
+        result = file_utils.have_effective_read_access('fake_path')
+        self.assertFalse(result)