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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 10:21:38 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: Missing UID from "ps -W"
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On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 02:39:54PM +0100, "Danyi-Zsil?k Andr?s" wrote:
>I try to use "ps -W" to monitor processes, but UID is 0 except for
>processes started in cygwin.  Is it a bug or a feature?

As you've discovered, implementation of UID for non-cygwin processes is
not implemented.

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