[sf-lug] 501 and other anomolies

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Jim Stockford wrote:

> I log into the sf-lug.com machine (you can too,
> if you ask for a shell account) and run ps aux
> and see that user 501 is running a bash shell.
>
> Well, 501--that's me! I use the command
> tail -20 /etc/passwd
> and see jstockford has UID 501 and GID 501.

Your username is too long for the column this program is using to display 
usernames, so instead of truncating it, it shows the UID by number.

-- Asheesh.

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