# Test - Skip Setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-skip-setup/192292 "2010-07-27T21:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eric2323223](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@eric2323223](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric2323223)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-skip-setup/192292/1 "2010-07-27T21:01:01Z")
Hi, I want to write a functional test using the default test unit that is included with rails 3. Is there a way to skip a setup call? So I’m trying to test the users controller. But to access those actions, I need to be logged in. So I put a login algorithm in my setup. But I do not need to be logged in to create a new user. This is why I want to skip the setup call. Eric ---
**Author:** ![eric2323223](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@eric2323223](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric2323223)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-skip-setup/192292/2 "2010-07-27T23:10:59Z")
On Jul 27, 7:59 pm, Eric Y. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > want to skip the setup call. Either split those tests out into a different test class or look at something like shoulda for more flexibility around the contexts tests run in. Fred ---
**Author:** ![eric2323223](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@eric2323223](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric2323223)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-skip-setup/192292/3 "2010-07-28T00:45:50Z")
Quoting Eric Y. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > want to skip the setup call. Logout as the first step in the test, then try to create a new user. Or create another test file with no setup just for the test. Jeffrey