Index: test/functionalities/tty/TestTerminal.py
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--- test/functionalities/tty/TestTerminal.py
+++ test/functionalities/tty/TestTerminal.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     # If the test is being run under sudo, the spawned terminal won't retain that elevated
     # privilege so it can't open the socket to talk back to the test case
-    @unittest2.skipUnless(os.geteuid() != 0, "test cannot be run as root")
+    @unittest2.skipUnless(not hasattr(os, 'geteuid') or os.geteuid() != 0, "test cannot be run as root")
 
     # Do we need to disable this test if the testsuite is being run on a remote system?
     # This env var is only defined when the shell is running in a local mac terminal window