--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use PVE::Tools;
+use PVE::AccessControl;
+use PVE::RPCEnvironment;
+use Getopt::Long;
+
+my $rpcenv = PVE::RPCEnvironment->init('cli');
+
+my $cfgfn = "test4.cfg";
+$rpcenv->init_request(userconfig => $cfgfn);
+
+sub check_roles {
+ my ($user, $path, $expected_result) = @_;
+
+ my $roles = PVE::AccessControl::roles($rpcenv->{user_cfg}, $user, $path);
+ my $res = join(',', sort keys %$roles);
+
+ die "unexpected result\nneed '${expected_result}'\ngot '$res'\n"
+ if $res ne $expected_result;
+
+ print "ROLES:$path:$user:$res\n";
+}
+
+
+check_roles('User1@pve', '/vms/300', 'Role1');
+check_roles('User2@pve', '/vms/300', 'NoAccess');
+
+print "all tests passed\n";
+
+exit (0);