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Old 10-17-2019
Why does "ps -[u|U] username" not list processes when username is numeric?

Greetings,

The title pretty much says it all. I've snooped everywhere and can't find anything on this. Since our organization went to numeric usernames, using the u|U option for ps returns no processes. Example passwd entry:

Code:
320074:DjZAJKXun8HBs:10129:6006:Joe Y:/cadhome/analysis/jy:/bin/bash

The following command returns nothing other than the column names:
Code:
ps -fjHU 320074

HOWEVER, the following DOES work.
Code:
HOWEVER, ps -fjHU 101129

Honestly I expect both should work and as a caveat we are using NIS(YP). Any insight would be appreciated.
 

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ftphosts(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual						       ftphosts(4)

NAME
ftphosts - ftpd individual user host access file SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The file is used to allow or deny access to certain accounts from various hosts. Access Capabilities The formats to allow and deny access are described in this section. addrglob [ addrglob... ] Only allow host(s) matching addrglob to log in as username. addrglob is a globbed domain name or a globbed numeric address. addrglob [ addrglob ... ] Always deny host(s) matching addrglob to log in as username. addrglob is a globbed domain name or a globbed numeric address. A username of or specifies the anonymous user. The addrglob can also be specified as address/cidr or address:netmask. For example: or Specifying Both allow and deny Rules To allow a user to login from anywhere except the listed hosts, both allow and deny rules are required. The following example denies the user from logging in from the host but allows login from all other hosts: EXAMPLES
Allow the user, to login from the host named and from all hosts with numeric addresses starting with Deny (do not allow) the user, to login from the host named and from all hosts with numeric addresses starting with Allow the user, to login from the host named FILES
AUTHOR
was developed by the Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. SEE ALSO
ftpd(1M), ftpaccess(4), ftpconversions(4), ftpshut(1). ftphosts(4)
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