Chapter 6 - Coreutils: Rearrange test suite running.

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@@ -24,11 +24,39 @@ provided by Net-tools. Prevent its installation by applying a patch:</para>
 <para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
-checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the 
-following commands will do so:</para>
+checks to ensure it built correctly. However, this particular test suite makes
+some assumptions that aren't quite vaild at this early stage of Chapter 6. We
+therefore make a few adjustments to allow the tests to run properly. Should you
+choose not to run the test suite, skip down to "Install the package". The
+following commands will prepare us for the test suite. Create two dummy groups
+and a dummy user name:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>make check-root
-make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000" >> /etc/group
+echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group
+echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Fix a small permissions problem:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>chown dummy tests/cut</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>The <userinput>su</userinput> program from Coreutils wasn't installed in
+Chapter 5 because it needed <emphasis>root</emphasis> privilege to install. We
+work around this problem by installing it now:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make install-root</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Some tests are meant to run as <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make check-root</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>The remainder of the tests are run as the <emphasis>dummy</emphasis>
+user:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Remove the dummy groups and user name:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>sed -i.bak '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>Install the package:</para>