Note for maintainers: util-linux tests and new "tester" user
by hazel from LinuxQuestions.org on (#57YDG)
I'm posting this here because I'm no longer on the LFS mailing lists. Hopefully someone will see it and pass it on.
LFS 10.0 uses a specialised "tester" user for non-root tests instead of "nobody" as before. This is set up early in chroot. The UID is obtained from the ownership of the current terminal. But since we are root, this UID is 0.
The util-linux tests refused to run under su tester because the UID was 0. I edited /etc/passwd to reset the tester UID to 9 and the tests then ran successfully.
LFS 10.0 uses a specialised "tester" user for non-root tests instead of "nobody" as before. This is set up early in chroot. The UID is obtained from the ownership of the current terminal. But since we are root, this UID is 0.
The util-linux tests refused to run under su tester because the UID was 0. I edited /etc/passwd to reset the tester UID to 9 and the tests then ran successfully.