[Discuss] Numeric UID shows up in ps -ef not alpha

Edward Ned Harvey (blu) blu at nedharvey.com
Wed Mar 13 15:20:07 EDT 2013


> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman
> 
> ps will display the numeric uid if the user name is longer than 8
> characters.

Believe it or not, this is the sole reason why I still enforce the 8 char limit for usernames.




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