diff --git a/tests/pytest/simpletest_no_sudo.sh b/tests/pytest/simpletest_no_sudo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..61faf3df523f94562d1eeb2922ad4a4b3cc847e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytest/simpletest_no_sudo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# This is the script for us to run our Python test cases with 2 important constraints:
+#    
+#	1. No root/sudo special rights is needed.
+#	2. No files are needed outside the development tree, everything is done in the local source code directory
+
+# First we need to set up a path for Python to find our own TAOS modules, so that "import" can work.
+export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/../../src/connector/python/linux/python3
+
+# Then let us set up the library path so that our compiled SO file can be loaded by Python
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$(pwd)/../../build/build/lib
+
+# Now we are all let, and let's run our cases!
+python3 ./test.py -m 127.0.0.1 -f insert/basic.py
diff --git a/tests/pytest/test.py b/tests/pytest/test.py
index 0a524b44fa348791f68c5dcd3144f646f2e9c9d2..ea727d5f6ed09a079687f143cdf5ae33a7d315a2 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/test.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/test.py
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             conn.close()
     else:
         tdLog.notice("Procedures for tdengine deployed in %s" % (masterIp))
-        conn = taos.connect(host=masterIp, config=tdDnodes.getSimCfgPath())
+        cfgPath = "../../build/test/cfg"   # was: tdDnodes.getSimCfgPath()
+        conn = taos.connect(host=masterIp, config=cfgPath)
         if fileName == "all":
             tdCases.runAllWindows(conn)
         else:
             tdCases.runOneWindows(conn, fileName)
         conn.close()
-