diff --git a/testsuite/rsync.fns b/testsuite/rsync.fns
index 80c218dd..a1902b70 100644
--- a/testsuite/rsync.fns
+++ b/testsuite/rsync.fns
@@ -65,11 +65,14 @@ printmsg() {
     echo "$1"
 }
 
-
 rsync_ls_lR() {
     find "$@" -print | sort | sed 's/ /\\ /g' | xargs "$TOOLDIR/tls"
 }
 
+check_perms() {
+    "$TOOLDIR/tls" "$1" | grep "^-$2" >/dev/null
+}
+
 rsync_getgroups() { 
     "$TOOLDIR/getgroups"
 }