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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>One of my user’s processes shows up with the uid
(numeric) rather than the user (alpha) on the ps command. The /etc/passwd
file shows:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>theuser:x:500:501:The user:/home/theuser:/bin/bash</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>But, ‘ps –ef’ shows the uid:</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> pts/1 </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>00:00:00</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> ps -ef</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Allother active users show the user. Ideas?</span></font></p>
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