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+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, runqemu
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import testcase
+from oeqa.utils.sshcontrol import SSHControl
+import os
+import sys
+import logging
+
+class ImageFeatures(oeSelfTest):
+
+    test_user = 'tester'
+    root_user = 'root'
+
+    @testcase(1107)
+    def test_non_root_user_can_connect_via_ssh_without_password(self):
+        """
+        Summary: Check if non root user can connect via ssh without password
+        Expected: 1. Connection to the image via ssh using root user without providing a password should be allowed.
+                  2. Connection to the image via ssh using tester user without providing a password should be allowed.
+        Product: oe-core
+        Author: Ionut Chisanovici <ionutx.chisanovici@intel.com>
+        AutomatedBy: Daniel Istrate <daniel.alexandrux.istrate@intel.com>
+        """
+
+        features = 'EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "ssh-server-openssh empty-root-password allow-empty-password"\n'
+        features += 'INHERIT += "extrausers"\n'
+        features += 'EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "useradd -p \'\' {}; usermod -s /bin/sh {};"'.format(self.test_user, self.test_user)
+
+        # Append 'features' to local.conf
+        self.append_config(features)
+
+        # Build a core-image-minimal
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+
+        with runqemu("core-image-minimal", self) as qemu:
+            # Attempt to ssh with each user into qemu with empty password
+            for user in [self.root_user, self.test_user]:
+                ssh = SSHControl(ip=qemu.ip, logfile=qemu.sshlog, user=user)
+                status, output = ssh.run("true")
+                self.assertEqual(status, 0, 'ssh to user %s failed with %s' % (user, output))
+
+    @testcase(1115)
+    def test_all_users_can_connect_via_ssh_without_password(self):
+        """
+        Summary:     Check if all users can connect via ssh without password
+        Expected: 1. Connection to the image via ssh using root user without providing a password should NOT be allowed.
+                  2. Connection to the image via ssh using tester user without providing a password should be allowed.
+        Product:     oe-core
+        Author:      Ionut Chisanovici <ionutx.chisanovici@intel.com>
+        AutomatedBy: Daniel Istrate <daniel.alexandrux.istrate@intel.com>
+        """
+
+        features = 'EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "ssh-server-openssh allow-empty-password"\n'
+        features += 'INHERIT += "extrausers"\n'
+        features += 'EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "useradd -p \'\' {}; usermod -s /bin/sh {};"'.format(self.test_user, self.test_user)
+
+        # Append 'features' to local.conf
+        self.append_config(features)
+
+        # Build a core-image-minimal
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+
+        with runqemu("core-image-minimal", self) as qemu:
+            # Attempt to ssh with each user into qemu with empty password
+            for user in [self.root_user, self.test_user]:
+                ssh = SSHControl(ip=qemu.ip, logfile=qemu.sshlog, user=user)
+                status, output = ssh.run("true")
+                if user == 'root':
+                    self.assertNotEqual(status, 0, 'ssh to user root was allowed when it should not have been')
+                else:
+                    self.assertEqual(status, 0, 'ssh to user tester failed with %s' % output)
+
+
+    @testcase(1114)
+    def test_rpm_version_4_support_on_image(self):
+        """
+        Summary:     Check rpm version 4 support on image
+        Expected:    Rpm version must be 4.x
+        Product:     oe-core
+        Author:      Ionut Chisanovici <ionutx.chisanovici@intel.com>
+        AutomatedBy: Daniel Istrate <daniel.alexandrux.istrate@intel.com>
+        """
+
+        features = 'PREFERRED_VERSION_rpm = "4.%"\n'
+        features += 'PREFERRED_VERSION_rpm-native = "4.%"\n'
+        # Use openssh in IMAGE_INSTALL instead of ssh-server-openssh in EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES as a workaround for bug 8047
+        features += 'IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " openssh"\n'
+        features += 'EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "empty-root-password allow-empty-password package-management"\n'
+        features += 'RPMROOTFSDEPENDS_remove = "rpmresolve-native:do_populate_sysroot"'
+
+        # Append 'features' to local.conf
+        self.append_config(features)
+
+        # Build a core-image-minimal
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+
+        # Check the native version of rpm is correct
+        native_bindir = get_bb_var('STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE')
+        result = runCmd(os.path.join(native_bindir, 'rpm') + ' --version')
+        self.assertIn('version 4.', result.output)
+
+        # Check manifest for the rpm package
+        deploydir = get_bb_var('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE')
+        imgname = get_bb_var('IMAGE_LINK_NAME', 'core-image-minimal')
+        with open(os.path.join(deploydir, imgname) + '.manifest', 'r') as f:
+            for line in f:
+                splitline = line.split()
+                if len(splitline) > 2:
+                    rpm_version = splitline[2]
+                    if splitline[0] == 'rpm':
+                        if not rpm_version.startswith('4.'):
+                            self.fail('rpm version %s found in image, expected 4.x' % rpm_version)
+                        break
+            else:
+                self.fail('No rpm package found in image')
+
+        # Now do a couple of runtime tests
+        with runqemu("core-image-minimal", self) as qemu:
+            command = "rpm --version"
+            status, output = qemu.run(command)
+            self.assertEqual(0, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (command, output))
+            found_rpm_version = output.strip()
+
+            # Make sure the retrieved rpm version is the expected one
+            if rpm_version not in found_rpm_version:
+                self.fail('RPM version is not {}, found instead {}.'.format(rpm_version, found_rpm_version))
+
+            # Test that the rpm database is there and working
+            command = "rpm -qa"
+            status, output = qemu.run(command)
+            self.assertEqual(0, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (command, output))
+            self.assertIn('packagegroup-core-boot', output)
+            self.assertIn('busybox', output)
+
+
+    @testcase(1116)
+    def test_clutter_image_can_be_built(self):
+        """
+        Summary:     Check if clutter image can be built
+        Expected:    1. core-image-clutter can be built
+        Product:     oe-core
+        Author:      Ionut Chisanovici <ionutx.chisanovici@intel.com>
+        AutomatedBy: Daniel Istrate <daniel.alexandrux.istrate@intel.com>
+        """
+
+        # Build a core-image-clutter
+        bitbake('core-image-clutter')
+
+    @testcase(1117)
+    def test_wayland_support_in_image(self):
+        """
+        Summary:     Check Wayland support in image
+        Expected:    1. Wayland image can be build
+                     2. Wayland feature can be installed
+        Product:     oe-core
+        Author:      Ionut Chisanovici <ionutx.chisanovici@intel.com>
+        AutomatedBy: Daniel Istrate <daniel.alexandrux.istrate@intel.com>
+        """
+
+        features = 'DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " wayland"\n'
+        features += 'CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "wayland weston"'
+
+        # Append 'features' to local.conf
+        self.append_config(features)
+
+        # Build a core-image-weston
+        bitbake('core-image-weston')
+