<samba:parameter name="magic script" context="S" type="string" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <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 <smbconfoption name="magic output"/> 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> </description> <value type="default"></value> <value type="example">user.csh</value> </samba:parameter>