Randy McMurchy wrote: > Jeremy Huntwork wrote these words on 04/21/05 07:23 CST: > > >>I'm just curious what causes this, whether it's a 2.6.x issue or a ps issue. >> >>Belgarath which runs a 2.4 kernel and procps 3.1.8 doesn't seem to have >>this problem. My username is longer than 8 characters and it always >>shows a chopped version of my username in 'ps aux', not the UID. > > > It's coincidental you say this. I first noticed this issue when > I noticed your processes when logged into Anduin, which uses a > 2.6 kernel.
The kernel version has nothing to do with the display of usernames. It doesn't even know about usernames--only uids and gids. It has to be in the ls/ps code. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
