Add an unprivileged user, tester, at the

beginning of Chapter 6 for running some tests.  This
user is then removed at the end of the chapter.

Update to zstd-1.4.5. Fixes
Update to util-linux-2.35.2. Fixes
Update to bison-3.6.2. Fixes
Update to linux-5.6.15. Fixes



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7 files changed, 34 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index 0c7f7f062..03a3e0614 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -73,23 +73,21 @@
     <para>Skip down to <quote>Install the
     package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para>
 
-    <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user can write to the sources tree:</para>
+    <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem> user can write to the sources tree:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now, run the tests as the <systemitem
-    class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="test">su nobody -s /bin/bash &lt;&lt; EOF
-PATH=$PATH HOME=/home make tests
-EOF</userinput></screen>
+    class="username">tester</systemitem> user:</para>
 
+<screen><userinput remap="test">su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make tests"</userinput></screen>
+<!--
     <para>The <command>su</command> command above is slightly different from
     other places in the book. The
     reason is that the <option>-c</option> option runs the command without
     a controlling terminal, while the bash test suite needs one.</para>
-
-    <para>Nevertheless, the <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem>
+-->
+    <para>The <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem>
     user does not have enough permissions for all the tests to pass. This shows
     up in some <quote>diff</quote> output in four test results.</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 50907ae11..e3ab4a679 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -108,35 +108,35 @@ FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \
     <para>Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run the tests that are
     meant to be run as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=nobody check-root</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=tester check-root</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>We're going to run the remainder of the tests as the
-    <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user. Certain tests,
+    <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem> user. Certain tests,
     however, require that the user be a member of more than one group. So that
     these tests are not skipped we'll add a temporary group and make the
-    user <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> a part of it:</para>
+    user <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem> a part of it:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">echo "dummy:x:1000:nobody" &gt;&gt; /etc/group</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">echo "tester:x:1000:nogroup" &gt;&gt; /etc/group</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Fix some of the permissions so that the non-root user can compile and
     run the tests:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody . </userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester . </userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now run the tests. Make sure the PATH in the <userinput>su</userinput>
     environment includes /tools/bin.</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
 <!--
     <para>The test program test-getlogin is known to fail in a
     partially built system environment like the chroot environment here, but
     passes if run at the end of this chapter.  The test program tty.sh is
     also known to fail.</para>
--->
+
     <para>Remove the temporary group:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/group</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
index 8cb6175cb..8e7b78410 100644
--- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
@@ -342,6 +342,12 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
   administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID numbers, but
   rather use the group's name.</para>
 
+  <para>Some tests later in the chapter need a regular user. We add this
+  user here and delete this account at the end of the chapter.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>echo "tester:x:101:101::/tmp:/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd
+echo "tester:x:101:dummy" &gt;&gt; /etc/group</userinput></screen>
+
   <para>To remove the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, start a new
   shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in <xref
   linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> and the
diff --git a/chapter06/gcc.xml b/chapter06/gcc.xml
index 550ee44fe..2c41fee2e 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc.xml
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Test the results as a non-privileged user, but do not stop at errors:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody . 
-su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester . 
+su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To receive a summary of the test suite results, run:</para>
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
 rm -rf /usr/lib/gcc/$(gcc -dumpmachine)/&gcc-version;/include-fixed/bits/</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>The GCC build directory is owned by <systemitem class="username">
-    nobody</systemitem> now and the ownership of the installed header
+    tester</systemitem> now and the ownership of the installed header
     directory (and its content) will be incorrect.  Change the ownership to
     <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user and group:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml b/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml
index eb40fb7ce..c39084882 100644
--- a/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml
+++ b/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml
@@ -70,4 +70,8 @@ rm -f /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>
    url="&blfs-book;/introduction/la-files.html">BLFS section "About Libtool
    Archive (.la) files"</ulink>.</para>
 
+   <para>Finally, remove the temporary 'tester' usr account created at the 
+   beginning of this chapter.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i '/tester/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen>
 </sect1>
diff --git a/chapter06/util-linux.xml b/chapter06/util-linux.xml
index 6a6a5bcc5..036f5db82 100644
--- a/chapter06/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter06/util-linux.xml
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ rm -vf /usr/lib/pkgconfig/{blkid,fdisk,mount,uuid}.pc</userinput></screen>
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
     </warning>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .
-su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml
index 2f91d5c33..263122bd7 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim.xml
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the 
-    <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user can write 
+    <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem> user can write 
     to the sources tree:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now run the tests as the <systemitem
-    class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para>
+    class="username">tester</systemitem> user:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 make -j1 test" &amp;> vim-test.log</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">su tester -c "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 make -j1 test" &amp;> vim-test.log</userinput></screen>
 
 <!--<screen><userinput remap="test">LANG=en_US.UTF-8 make -j1 test &amp;&gt; vim-test.log</userinput></screen>-->