Re: Inconsistent list output

[Ingo Brückl]

Paul Eggert wrote:

> I don't know where that "8" comes from. In the original Unix, user IDs had
> at most 5 digits.

Oh, misunderstanding!

I chose the digits only to show the influence of the length of the UserID
(name!) and GroupID on the list output. But I'm talking about the Unix
UserID/GroupID with a historical maximum of 8 *characters* each! For these
16 characters, the columns should not shift.