Arthur DiSegna wrote: > root 28260 0.0 0.0 4736 2204 ? Ss 12:40 0:00 > /cant/tell/apacheAH64/bin/httpd -k restart > 60000 28261 0.0 0.0 4872 2220 ? S 12:40 0:00 > /cant/tell/apacheAH64/bin/httpd -k restart > > /etc/passwd reads - > newuser:x:60000:60000:newuser:/var/lib/nobody:/bin/bash > > /etc/passwd for nobody reads - > nobody:x:65534:65533:nobody:/var/lib/nobody:/bin/bash Has the new user name more than 9 characters? ps is showing the user id if it has. But this is the wrong forum to ask, because it is a Linux/Unix related question. bye, /DaTa --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx