Novell Doc: NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide - Activating and Deactivating DOS Partitions as NSS Volumes (NetWare)

21.3 Activating and Deactivating DOS Partitions as NSS Volumes (NetWare)

The dosfat.nss module allows any DOS FAT partitions to be made available as NSS volumes. The volume name displayed by the NetWare volumes command is dosfat_ x, where x is the drive letter, for example dosfat_f.

The dosfat.nss module provides the following benefits:

Long Filenames: DOS filenames for file systems such as OS/2*. This uses the Windows method for placing long names onto a DOS FAT partition.
NetWare Trustee Rights: Only users with supervisor rights can access the volume.
NetWare Utilities: Any client or server utility that accesses or manages NetWare volumes can do the same with DOS FAT partitions.
MAP Command: NetWare clients can map to the volume and use it as any other NetWare mapping.
Local Partition. Allows access to the local partition.

The dosfat.nss module loads automatically when NSS starts.

To load the dosfat.nss module manually:

At the server console prompt, enter
```
load dosfat.nss 
```

To unload dosfat.nss:

At the server console prompt, enter
```
unload dosfat.nss 
```