diff --git a/tools/test/stress2/default.cfg b/tools/test/stress2/default.cfg
--- a/tools/test/stress2/default.cfg
+++ b/tools/test/stress2/default.cfg
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 export diskimage=${diskimage:-/tmp/diskimage}	# Location of 1G disk image
 export mntpoint=${mntpoint:-/mnt}		# Disk image mount point
-export testuser=${testuser:-TBD}		# Name of non root test user
+export testuser=${testuser:-tests}		# Name of non root test user
 export mdstart=${mdstart:-10}			# Start of free md units
 export newfs_flags=${newfs_flags:-"-U"}		# Default file system flags
 export stress2origin=${stress2origin:-`pwd`}