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+<samba:parameter name="magic script"
+		 context="S"
+		 xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<listitem>
+	<para>This parameter specifies the name of a file which, 
+	if opened, will be executed by the server when the file is closed. 
+	This allows a UNIX script to be sent to the Samba host and 
+	executed on behalf of the connected user.</para>
+
+	<para>Scripts executed in this way will be deleted upon 
+	completion assuming that the user has the appropriate level 
+	of privilege and the file permissions allow the deletion.</para>
+
+	<para>If the script generates output, output will be sent to 
+	the file specified by the <link linkend="MAGICOUTPUT"><parameter moreinfo="none">
+	magic output</parameter></link> parameter (see above).</para>
+
+	<para>Note that some shells are unable to interpret scripts 
+	containing CR/LF instead of CR as 
+	the end-of-line marker. Magic scripts must be executable 
+	<emphasis>as is</emphasis> on the host, which for some hosts and 
+	some shells will require filtering at the DOS end.</para>
+
+	<para>Magic scripts are <emphasis>EXPERIMENTAL</emphasis> and 
+	should <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> be relied upon.</para>
+
+	<para>Default: <emphasis>None. Magic scripts disabled.</emphasis></para>
+
+	<para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">magic script = user.csh</command></para>
+</listitem>
+</samba:parameter>