--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use PVE::Tools;
+use PVE::AccessControl;
+use PVE::RPCEnvironment;
+
+my $rpcenv = PVE::RPCEnvironment->init('cli');
+
+my $cfgfn = "test8.cfg";
+$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";
+}
+
+sub check_permission {
+ my ($user, $path, $expected_result) = @_;
+
+ my $perm = $rpcenv->permissions($user, $path);
+ my $res = join(',', sort keys %$perm);
+
+ die "unexpected result\nneed '${expected_result}'\ngot '$res'\n"
+ if $res ne $expected_result;
+
+ $perm = $rpcenv->permissions($user, $path);
+ $res = join(',', sort keys %$perm);
+ die "unexpected result (compiled)\nneed '${expected_result}'\ngot '$res'\n"
+ if $res ne $expected_result;
+
+ print "PERM:$path:$user:$res\n";
+}
+
+check_roles('max@pve', '/', '');
+check_roles('max@pve', '/vms', 'vm_admin');
+
+#user permissions overrides group permissions
+check_roles('max@pve', '/vms/100', 'customer');
+check_roles('max@pve', '/vms/101', 'vm_admin');
+
+check_permission('max@pve', '/', '');
+check_permission('max@pve', '/vms', 'Permissions.Modify,VM.Allocate,VM.Audit,VM.Console');
+check_permission('max@pve', '/vms/100', 'VM.Audit,VM.PowerMgmt');
+
+check_permission('alex@pve', '/vms', '');
+check_permission('alex@pve', '/vms/100', 'VM.Audit,VM.PowerMgmt');
+
+check_roles('max@pve', '/vms/200', 'storage_manager');
+check_roles('joe@pve', '/vms/200', 'vm_admin');
+check_roles('sue@pve', '/vms/200', 'NoAccess');
+
+check_roles('carol@pam', '/vms/200', 'NoAccess');
+check_roles('carol@pam!token', '/vms/200', 'NoAccess');
+check_roles('max@pve!token', '/vms/200', 'storage_manager');
+check_roles('max@pve!token2', '/vms/200', 'customer');
+
+print "all tests passed\n";
+
+exit (0);
+