4 files changed, 15 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/tests/id/setgid.sh b/tests/id/setgid.sh
index 0664c47a2..6d9d74f43 100755
--- a/tests/id/setgid.sh
+++ b/tests/id/setgid.sh
@@ -20,21 +20,20 @@
 print_ver_ id
 require_root_
 
-u=$(id -u $NON_ROOT_USERNAME) || framework_failure_
-g=$u
-
-# Construct a different group number.
-gp1=$(expr $g + 1)
+# Construct a different group number
+gp1=$(expr $NON_ROOT_GID + 1)
 
 echo $gp1 > exp || framework_failure_
 
-# With coreutils-8.16 and earlier, id -G would print both: $gp1 $g
-chroot --user=+$u:+$gp1 --groups='' / env PATH="$PATH" \
+# With coreutils-8.16 and earlier, id -G would print both:
+#  $gp1 $NON_ROOT_GID
+chroot --user=$NON_ROOT_USERNAME:+$gp1 --groups='' / env PATH="$PATH" \
   id -G > out || fail=1
-compare exp out || { cat out; fail=1; }
+compare exp out || fail=1
 
-# With coreutils-8.22 and earlier, id would erroneously print groups=$g
-chroot --user=+$u:+$gp1 --groups='' / env PATH="$PATH" \
+# With coreutils-8.22 and earlier, id would erroneously print
+#  groups=$NON_ROOT_GID
+chroot --user=$NON_ROOT_USERNAME:+$gp1 --groups='' / env PATH="$PATH" \
   id > out || fail=1
 grep -F "groups=$gp1" out || { cat out; fail=1; }
 
diff --git a/tests/misc/chroot-credentials.sh b/tests/misc/chroot-credentials.sh
index d50704ccc..b06e8b7f0 100755
--- a/tests/misc/chroot-credentials.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/chroot-credentials.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ root=$(id -nu 0) || skip_ "Couldn't look up root username"
 
 # verify numeric IDs looked up similarly to names
 NON_ROOT_UID=$(id -u $NON_ROOT_USERNAME)
-NON_ROOT_GID=$(id -g $NON_ROOT_USERNAME)
+NON_ROOT_GROUP=$NON_ROOT_GID # Used where we want name lookups to occur
 
 # "uid:" is supported (unlike chown etc.) since we treat it like "uid"
 chroot --userspec=$NON_ROOT_UID: / true || fail=1
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ id_G_after_chroot=$(
   chroot --userspec=$NON_ROOT_USERNAME:$NON_ROOT_GROUP \
     --groups=$NON_ROOT_GROUP / id -G
 )
-test "$id_G_after_chroot" = $NON_ROOT_GROUP || fail=1
+test "$id_G_after_chroot" = $NON_ROOT_GID || fail=1
 
 # Verify that when specifying only the user name we get all their groups
 test "$(chroot --userspec=$NON_ROOT_USERNAME / id -G)" = \
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test "$(chroot --userspec=$NON_ROOT_USERNAME: / id -G)" = \
 # Verify that when specifying only the user and clearing supplemental groups
 # that we only get the primary group
 test "$(chroot --userspec=$NON_ROOT_USERNAME --groups='' / id -G)" = \
-     "$(id -g $NON_ROOT_USERNAME)" || fail=1
+     $NON_ROOT_GID || fail=1
 
 # Verify that when specifying only the UID we get all their groups
 test "$(chroot --userspec=$NON_ROOT_UID / id -G)" = \
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ test "$(chroot --userspec=$NON_ROOT_UID / id -G)" = \
 # results in no lookups in the name database which could be useful depending
 # on your chroot setup.
 test "$(chroot --userspec=+$NON_ROOT_UID:+$NON_ROOT_GID --groups='' / id -G)" =\
-     "$(id -g $NON_ROOT_USERNAME)" || fail=1
+     $NON_ROOT_GID || fail=1
 
 # Verify that when specifying only a group we get the current user ID
 test "$(chroot --userspec=:$NON_ROOT_GROUP / id -u)" = "$(id -u)" \
diff --git a/tests/misc/truncate-owned-by-other.sh b/tests/misc/truncate-owned-by-other.sh
index e93b7f136..e70badb6b 100755
--- a/tests/misc/truncate-owned-by-other.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/truncate-owned-by-other.sh
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ print_ver_ truncate
 
 require_root_
 
-group_num=$(id -g $NON_ROOT_USERNAME)
-
 # Create a file owned by root, and writable by $NON_ROOT_USERNAME.
 echo > root-owned || framework_failure_
-chgrp +$group_num . root-owned || framework_failure_
+chgrp +$NON_ROOT_GID . root-owned || framework_failure_
 chmod g+w root-owned
 
 # Ensure that the current directory is searchable by $NON_ROOT_USERNAME.
diff --git a/tests/touch/now-owned-by-other.sh b/tests/touch/now-owned-by-other.sh
index f5eeda604..d01097edb 100755
--- a/tests/touch/now-owned-by-other.sh
+++ b/tests/touch/now-owned-by-other.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 print_ver_ touch
 require_root_
 
-group_num=$(id -g $NON_ROOT_USERNAME)
-
 # Create a file owned by root, and writable by $NON_ROOT_USERNAME.
 echo > root-owned || framework_failure_
-chgrp +$group_num . root-owned || framework_failure_
+chgrp +$NON_ROOT_GID . root-owned || framework_failure_
 chmod g+w root-owned
 
 # Ensure that the current directory is searchable by $NON_ROOT_USERNAME.