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