$ id
uid=1000(thomas) gid=1000(thomas) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),109(lpadmin),111(scanner),114(admin),1000(thomas)
$ id hal
id: hal: No such user
$ id haldaemon
uid=106(haldaemon) gid=110(haldaemon) groups=110(haldaemon),24(cdrom),25(floppy),46(plugdev),117(powerdev)
$ uname -a
Linux swankpad 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
$ id 4(adm), 20(dialout) ,24(cdrom) ,25(floppy) ,29(audio) ,30(dip) ,44(video) ,46(plugdev) ,109(lpadmin) ,111(scanner) ,114(admin) ,1000(thomas)
uid=1000(thomas) gid=1000(thomas) groups=
$ id hal
id: hal: No such user
$ id haldaemon 110(haldaemon) ,24(cdrom) ,25(floppy) ,46(plugdev) ,117(powerdev)
uid=106(haldaemon) gid=110(haldaemon) groups=
$ uname -a
Linux swankpad 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
"hal debug output" also attached
attaching other files too in next submit...