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Re: ps shows UID instead of username



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Laurent CARON wrote:

| Ed Shornock wrote:
|
|> On three of my boxes running Sid, the output of ps just shows the
|> UID for some users. `top` will show the username, and the output
|> of `id` is correct.
|>
| too long username?
|
|
ARGH! That might be it. I tried creating other user accounts with
usernames of 8 characters or less and the name was displayed in the
`ps` output.

/me backs away with his head down for overlooking the obvious.

Thank you for the quick reply.



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