The ps command cannot display usernames longer than 19 characters
Issue
- When running the command 'ps -o pid,user:50,comm' as a user with more than 19 characters in his username, the USER column shows UID instead of username.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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