Package: coreutils Version: 5.2.1-2
The 'who' command limits the user name field to 8 characters, so any user name longer than that has it's last character truncated. who -u dbrazzie pts/1 Sep 10 13:38 05:33 2605 (:2.0) admin :0 Sep 10 13:39 ? 2928 admin pts/0 Sep 10 16:41 00:26 21034 (dell566) dbrazzie pts/2 Sep 10 16:41 . 21077 (dell566) admin pts/3 Sep 10 17:40 00:26 27159 (:0.0) In comparison, the 'users' command displays the name correctly: users admin admin admin dbrazziel dbrazziel Oddly enough, both programs use the same function to glean the user name: extract_trimmed_name() from readutmp.c. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
