Re: ps -o affects reported values?

[Jo Schulze]

Paul Jarc wrote:
> I'd guess those uids aren't listed in /etc/passwd, so there's no
> username to translate them to.

Nope, both users have correct entrys in passwd

However, this issue has been resolved (link to german BB):
<http://www.linux-club.de/viewtopic.php?t=90363>

In short:
ps truncates values to 8 chars unless it's the last/rightmost field.

Thus, users like haldeamon will be reported by their UID if not ordered
as rightmost entry.

Not really convenient, but documented, thus a feature...