[Bug 1478655] Re: Numeric username bigger than ulong gives error with -U option

[Basavaraj]

** Changed in: procps (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Basavaraj (basavarajmulagund92)

** Attachment added: "solution.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1478655/+attachment/4522773/+files/solution.txt

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Title:
  Numeric username bigger than ulong gives error with -U option

Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Our company uses numeric usernames (people's "social ID nº"). These
  numbers may be bigger than an ulong variable. When we do ps -U
  "numeric username" we get "user ID out of range" error.

  Ex:
  root at test:~# ps -U 56563882714
  error: user ID out of range

  This is impacting particularly the Vagrant's usage, as this tool uses
  the ps's -U option extensively.

  Attached is a patch that is working for us. Please validate or correct it.
  Thanks.

  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
  Release:	12.04
  procps version: 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.4

  And

  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
  Release:	14.04
  procps version: 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.2

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