Authorize daemon IPC callers by their local identity

client/server/setconfig_test.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package server
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -52,7 +51,11 @@ func TestSetConfig_AllFieldsSaved(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	// The privileged-change gate reads the caller's kernel identity from the
+	// context, which a real caller gets from the daemon's transport credentials.
+	// This test drives the handler directly, so it stands in for a root caller;
+	// without an identity the gate would (correctly) refuse the SSH fields.
+	ctx := privilegedTestCtx()
 	s := New(ctx, "console", "", false, false, false, false)
 
 	rosenpassEnabled := true