diff --git a/tests/test_permissions.py b/tests/test_permissions.py
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+++ b/tests/test_permissions.py
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+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("path, user, group, mode",  [
+    ("/etc/hosts", "root", "root", 0o644),
+    ("/etc/gshadow", "root", "shadow", 0o640),
+    ("/etc/hostname", "root", "root", 0o644),
+    ("/usr/bin", "root", "root", 0o755),
+    ("/dev/null", "root", "root", 0o666),
+])
+def test_permissions(host, path, user, group, mode):
+    test_file = host.file(path)
+    assert test_file.user == user
+    assert test_file.group == group
+    assert test_file.mode == mode