On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:19:07PM +0100, Peter Tribble wrote: > On 9/26/07, Nicolas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 09:52:29PM +0100, Peter Tribble wrote: > > > Isn't this as easy as changing the format specifier from %8.8s to %8s? > > > > > > OK, so then the columns don't line up. How much is this a problem? > > > > It's a big problem. > > Bigger than giving completely incorrect output?
Why do you think we limit usernames to 8 characters still? It's because of things like ps(1) and ls(1) that like to use fixed-width columns. I second your sentiment: grrr. > > Personally, I think ps needs an option to output > > non-column oriented text. > > OK, so I need to work out how wide the column should be > and expand it to suit? That might have sufficed once, but I don't know if the silly column width becomes embedded in stone once it goes out the door. Someone else can answer that. > > In the meantime you can use ptree(1) and friends instead of ps(1) and > > avoid the problem, I think. > > I'm not sure how that helps. The question I wanted ps to give > me the answer to was simple: show me what processes a user > is running, and add on which zone they're in so I know which > zones are in use. Now, 'ps -flZ -u fred' would seem to be the > ideal command to use, but due to this bug it isn't. pgrep(1) can give you that. Note: each zone has its own user/group name/ID namespaces. > I've just noticed something else. If you have an 8-character username > it runs into the zone name in the output on S10. On nevada 69, there's > a space but the headers don't line up. (I'm guessing that a space was > added after the zonename but that the "ZONE" header didn't get the > extra space added.) Now *that* would be a bug. Nico -- _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
