On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:33:36PM +0000, Jamin Davis wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > >> for some reason when i do a ps -ef | grep exim I always get back that >> exim is running as uid = 102, not a name but a numerical. Whilst trying >> to investigate this I noticed there was no location to set the uid. I >> just thought that this was rather strange. > > I read somewhere that this was documented behaviour of ps when username > >= 8 characters. My ps function is > > ps axo user:12,pid,vsz,rss,cputime,args > > which gives 12 chars for the user field. > > Read the section in http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ which talks cool thanks that what I was after > about why the username Debian-exim was chosen. You might want to hold > off changing the UID as it is used by the Debian scripts. > > Cheers....j > -- > Jamin @ Home @ Chester UK > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- - "Therefore I will have dinner sent in," said the priest. "It will be roast chicken." - "I hate chicken." Dios smiled. "No sire. On wednesdays the King always enjoys chicken, sire." (Pyramids)
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