This seems to be fixed for some time.
** Changed in: procps (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/686000
Title:
top shows unknown argument when -U is set
Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: procps
With version 1:3.2.8-9ubuntu3 of procps, it appears to have a bug in
top which it doesn't send a null pointer after the username, so its
parsing in enviromental information from memory
This is taken from here: http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/bug-571790
-patch-bug-571790-top-unknown-argument-k-help-169599851.html (with a
patch)
This doesn't happen in 10.04 which has procps version:
1:3.2.8-1ubuntu4
1) Version:
root@chgbld03:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
root@chgbld03:~#
2) Package version:
root@chgbld03:~# apt-cache policy procps
procps:
Installed: 1:3.2.8-9ubuntu3
Candidate: 1:3.2.8-9ubuntu3
Version table:
*** 1:3.2.8-9ubuntu3 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
root@chgbld03:~#
3) What you expected to happen:
Top running but only showing processes from 'mpukgame'
4) What happened instead:
root@chgbld03:~# top -U mpukgame
top: unknown argument 'T'
usage: top -hv | -bcisSH -d delay -n iterations [-u user | -U user] -p pid
[,pid ...]
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