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  == Solaris ==
  
- === Why do files and directories show up as DrWho? ===
+ === Why do files and directories show up as DrWho and/or user names are missing/weird? ===
  
  Prior to 0.22, Hadoop uses the 'whoami' and id commands to determine the user and groups of the running process. whoami ships as part of the BSD compatibility package and is normally not in the path.  The id command's output is System V-style whereas Hadoop expects POSIX.  Two changes to the environment are required to fix this: