[issue25481] PermissionError in subprocess.check_output() when running as a different user (not login shell)

[jaystrict]

New submission from jaystrict:

When running subprocess.check_output(['doesnotexist']) as another user, I expect a FileNotFoundError, but a PermissionError is thrown.

How to reproduce:
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[user1 tmp]$ su --login user2
Password: 
[user2 ~]$ python
Python 3.5.0 (default, Sep 20 2015, 11:28:25) 
[GCC 5.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess.check_output(['asdf'])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 629, in check_output
    **kwargs).stdout
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 696, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 950, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1540, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'asdf'
>>> quit()
[user2 ~]$ exit
logout
[user1 tmp]$ su user2
Password: 
[user2 tmp]$ python
Python 3.5.0 (default, Sep 20 2015, 11:28:25) 
[GCC 5.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess.check_output(['asdf'])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 629, in check_output
    **kwargs).stdout
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 696, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 950, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1540, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
>>> quit()
[user2 tmp]$

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messages: 253462
nosy: jaystrict
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: PermissionError in subprocess.check_output() when running as a different user (not login shell)
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5

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