diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/changehat_misc.sh b/tests/regression/apparmor/changehat_misc.sh
index c305ba942..af6afd9b9 100755
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/changehat_misc.sh
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/changehat_misc.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ echo
 echo "*** A 'Killed' message from bash is expected for the following test"
 runchecktest "CHANGEHAT (subprofile->subprofile w/ bad magic)" signal9 $subtest $subtest2 badmagic $file
 
-# 1. ATTEMPT TO CHANGEGAT TO AN INVALUD PROFILE, SHOULD PUT US INTO A NULL
+# 1. ATTEMPT TO CHANGEHAT TO AN INVALID PROFILE, SHOULD PUT US INTO A NULL
 #    PROFILE
 # 2. ATTEMPT TO CHANGEHAT OUT WITH BAD TOKEN
 settest changehat_fail
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/mkprofile.pl b/tests/regression/apparmor/mkprofile.pl
index 118dcb014..00e31fc96 100755
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/mkprofile.pl
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/mkprofile.pl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # Gawd, I hate writing perl. It shows, too.
 #
-my $__VERSION__='$Id$';
+my $__VERSION__=$0;
 
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/pwrite.sh b/tests/regression/apparmor/pwrite.sh
index 0c4530fca..a912c1d4c 100755
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/pwrite.sh
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/pwrite.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ badreadperm=w
 
 genprofile $file:$okperm
 
-runtestbg "PWRITE with w" pass $file
+runtestbg "PREAD/PWRITE with rw" pass $file
 
 sleep 2
 
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/swap.sh b/tests/regression/apparmor/swap.sh
index cb77c5696..5ac145743 100755
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/swap.sh
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/swap.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bin=$pwd
 swap_file=$tmpdir/swapfile
 
 dd if=/dev/zero of=${swap_file} bs=1024 count=512 2> /dev/null
-/sbin/mkswap ${swap_file} > /dev/null
+/sbin/mkswap -f ${swap_file} > /dev/null
 
 # TEST 1.  Make sure can enable and disable swap unconfined
 
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/syscall.sh b/tests/regression/apparmor/syscall.sh
index bb7eee986..8d98b40a4 100755
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/syscall.sh
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/syscall.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/bash
-# $Id$
-
+#
 #	Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Novell/SUSE
+#	Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical, Ltd.
 #
 #	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 #	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ rm -f $mknod_file
 runchecktest "MKNOD sock (permissions)" fail s $mknod_file
 
 ##
-## D. SETHOSTNAME
+## C. SYSCTL
 ##
-sh syscall_sysctl.sh
+bash syscall_sysctl.sh
 
 ##
 ## D. SETHOSTNAME 
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/unix_fd_server.c b/tests/regression/apparmor/unix_fd_server.c
index 2d99c664d..89abbcd47 100644
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/unix_fd_server.c
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/unix_fd_server.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 /*
  *	Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Novell/SUSE
+ *	Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical, Ltd.
  *
  *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ int main (int argc, char * argv[]) {
 	}
 
 	/* Check for info re: reading the file */
+	memset(inbound_buffer, 0, sizeof(inbound_buffer));
 	if (recv(in_sock, inbound_buffer, 16,0) == -1 ) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "FAIL - recv %s\n",
 			strerror(errno));