[CentOS] process show uid not user
James Pearson
james-p at moving-picture.com
Fri Jun 15 16:55:42 UTC 2007
Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
> 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:
>
> theuser:x:500:501:The user:/home/theuser:/bin/bash
>
> But, 'ps -ef' shows the uid:
>
> 500 9041 8864 0 11:20 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -ef
>
> Allother active users show the user. Ideas?
The username is probably more than 8 characters
James Pearson
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