In RHEL5, 'last' command truncates usernames larger than 8 characters. How to fix it?
Issue
Command last truncates usernames larger than 8 characters. When try to use the parameter -w (wide) it reports that it is an invalid option:
#last -w
last: invalid option -- w
Usage: last [-num | -n num] [-f file] [-t YYYYMMDDHHMMSS] [-R] [-x] [-o] [username..] [tty..]
Why do the last command truncate usernames that contains more than 8 characters in RHEL 5?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
- SysVinit-2.86-16.el5
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