09-30-2008
Can username col be enlarged in ps output
Principally concerned with RedHat Linux (EL3+).
When using a ps command that includes the username in the output line is there a way to enlarge the size of the column.
It appears that presently that column is limited to 8 characters and if an id is larger than that the uid is used. That makes lookups etc. somewhat more awkward and plays havoc with scripts that need to do things based upon extracting a username from a ps line.
Is there some way to increase the size of ps' username output?
Thx.
G. Salisbury
Long Valley, NJ
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dsenableroot
dsenableroot(8) BSD System Manager's Manual dsenableroot(8)
NAME
dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.
SYNOPSIS
dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]
DESCRIPTION
dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account. Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.
A list of flags and their descriptions:
-u username
Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.
-p password
Password to use in conjunction with the specified username. If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.
-r rootPassword
Password to be used for the root account. If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.
EXAMPLES
-dsenableroot
Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
account.
-dsenableroot -d
Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.
-dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.
-dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.
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