diff --git a/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_config_merging.py b/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_config_merging.py
index fb1aeb792dd..247f8c3cb7b 100644
--- a/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_config_merging.py
+++ b/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_config_merging.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def test_0001_verifypermission(self, multihost):
         content = "[%s]\nuse_fully_quailified_name = False" % section
         snippet_file = "/etc/sssd/conf.d/01_snippet.conf"
         multihost.client[0].put_file_contents(snippet_file, content)
+        multihost.client[0].run_command(f"chmod o-rwx {snippet_file}")
         returncode = multihost.client[0].service_sssd('start')
         if returncode == 0:
             config_check = 'sssctl config-check'
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ def test_0002_hiddenfiles(self, multihost):
         file_content = "[%s]\nuse_fully_quailified_name = False" % dom_section
         snippet_file = "/etc/sssd/conf.d/._01_snippet.conf"
         multihost.client[0].put_file_contents(snippet_file, file_content)
+        multihost.client[0].run_command(f"chmod o-rwx {snippet_file}")
         start = multihost.client[0].service_sssd('start')
         sssctl_cmd = 'sssctl config-check'
         if start == 0:
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ def test_0003_lastreadparameter(self, multihost):
             multihost.client[0].put_file_contents(snippet_file, content)
             chmod = 'chmod 600 %s' % snippet_file
             multihost.client[0].run_command(chmod)
+        multihost.client[0].run_command(f"chmod o-rwx {snippet_file}")
         start = multihost.client[0].service_sssd('start')
         cmd = multihost.client[0].run_command(['sssctl', 'config-check'])
         if cmd.returncode == 0 and start == 0:
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ def test_0004_formatsnippetfile(self, multihost):
         multihost.client[0].put_file_contents(snippet_file, file_content)
         cmd_chmod = 'chmod 600 %s' % snippet_file
         multihost.client[0].run_command(cmd_chmod, raiseonerr=False)
+        multihost.client[0].run_command(f"chmod o-rwx {snippet_file}")
         start = multihost.client[0].service_sssd('start')
         if start == 0:
             config_check = 'sssctl config-check'
@@ -192,7 +196,7 @@ def test_0006_bz1372258(self, multihost):
         sssctl_check = multihost.client[0].run_command(sssctl_cmd,
                                                        raiseonerr=False)
         result = sssctl_check.stdout_text.strip()
-        assert '/etc/sssd/conf.d/False_snippet.conf' in result
+        assert 'Configuration validation failed:' in result or "did not pass access check" in result
         for idx in ['True', 'False']:
             snippet_file = "/etc/sssd/conf.d/%s_snippet.conf" % idx
             cmd = "rm -f %s" % snippet_file