When a process appears with the uid number instead of the username, it is because the username is more than 8 characters long:
[root@ pe-activemq]# ps -ef|grep active
497 2578 1 0 12:44 ? 00:00:27 /opt/puppet/lib/jvm/pe-java/jre/bin/java -Xms512m -Xmx512m -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties -Dhawtio.realm=activemq -Dhawtio.role=admins -Dhawtio.rolePrincipalClasses=org.apache.activemq.jaas.GroupPrincipal -Djava.security.auth.login.config=/etc/puppetlabs/activemq/login.config -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/puppet/share/activemq/tmp -Dactivemq.classpath=/etc/puppetlabs/activemq; -Dactivemq.home=/opt/puppet/share/activemq -Dactivemq.base=/opt/puppet/share/activemq -Dactivemq.conf=/etc/puppetlabs/activemq -Dactivemq.data=/opt/puppet/share/activemq/data -jar /opt/puppet/share/activemq/bin/activemq.jar start
root 16591 7586 0 13:30 pts/0 00:00:00 grep active
Use the command option -o to shown fullname:
[root@ pe-activemq]# ps -e -o "user:16,pid,ppid,c,stime,tty,time,command"|grep active
pe-activemq 2578 1 0 12:44 ? 00:00:28 /opt/puppet/lib/jvm/pe-java/jre/bin/java -Xms512m -Xmx512m -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties -Dhawtio.realm=activemq -Dhawtio.role=admins -Dhawtio.rolePrincipalClasses=org.apache.activemq.jaas.GroupPrincipal -Djava.security.auth.login.config=/etc/puppetlabs/activemq/login.config -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/puppet/share/activemq/tmp -Dactivemq.classpath=/etc/puppetlabs/activemq; -Dactivemq.home=/opt/puppet/share/activemq -Dactivemq.base=/opt/puppet/share/activemq -Dactivemq.conf=/etc/puppetlabs/activemq -Dactivemq.data=/opt/puppet/share/activemq/data -jar /opt/puppet/share/activemq/bin/activemq.jar start
root 17623 7586 0 13:37 pts/0 00:00:00 grep active
root 17391 grep active
