Hi, One of the users on my system does not show up with her username in the list of the 'ps' command, but her userid number instead. The name is 9 characters. Further investigation made me realized that the user 'haldaemon' is also merely listed as '68'. So: is my conclusion correct that usernames above a certain length (longer than 8 chars?) are shown only with the userid number in the 'ps' list? I find this rather surprising.... Rob. ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php