Aucbvax.6484 net.bugs.2bsd utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!dist2 Mon Mar 15 03:43:42 1982 Problem with w We had this problem on one of our local machines and only recently discovered the cause. Both w and ps use the u_comm field of the u structure. The kernel, in its wisdom, only maintains that field if accounting is turned on (with the ACCT flag). That's clearly a mistake. The field is useful enough that it should always be maintained. Carl ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.