Bill Moseley wrote: > Also, ps is always showing the UID # instead of the name. Shouldn't > that come from /etc/passwd? > > $ fgrep 112 /etc/passwd > subversion:x:112:112:subversion:/var/lib/projects:/bin/sh $ printf subversion | wc -c 10 ps displays the uid because the user name is longer than 9 characters. -DaTa