In comp.unix.admin Richard S. Shuford <shuford@list.stratagy.rem0ve-thls-part.com> wrote:[vb
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> Mohun Biswas wrote: 


> I've been told that the NFS implementation in some releases of
> HP/UX fails to interoperate properly with other systems where the
> username exceeds 8 characters.

NFS has nothing to do with usernames and thus does not care
about username lengths.

Your source seems uninformed.

> There is evidence for the conjecture that Solaris, on its own,
> is able to handle usernames up to 32 characters, except for a
> few minor glitches that show up in utility programs, but Sun's
> *support* commitment has been to support the POSIX standard,
> which says that usernames are eight characters.

> It's too late in the day for me to comment on what effect this
> limit has on the marketability of Solaris and Sun products.
> Readers could communicate their own thoughts on such matters
> to Sun sales representatives.

Machines that does not conforms to standards are broken in regard to
standards.  Ignoring standards will at best be "tolerated" but might
give you the blame when something does not work.
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