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NET.CFG Options Reference
NetWare DOS Requester Option
READ ONLY COMPATIBILITY=[on | off]
Determines whether a file marked Read Only can be opened with a read/
write access call.
Certain applications require the value for this parameter to be set to “on.”
See the documentation provided with your application for details.
Prior to NetWare 2.1, a program could open a Read Only file with write
access without getting an error, though any attempt to write to the file
produced an error.
To be compatible with DOS, NetWare 2.1 or later does not allow a Read
Only file to be opened for write access.
Setting this parameter to “on” causes the shell to revert to the old mode and
allow the open request to succeed.
Syntax
print tail=number
Default 16
Range 0 to 1024
Modules PRINT.VLM
Example To increase the size of the print header, you could place the
following lines in your NET.CFG file:
netware dos requester
print header=64
Syntax read only compatibility=[on | off]
Default off
Modules REDIR.VLM
Example To cause the shell to revert to the old mode and allow the open
request to succeed, you would place the following in your
NET.CFG file:
netware dos requester
read only compatibility=on