source: vendor/3.6.0/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/magicscript.xml

Last change on this file was 414, checked in by Herwig Bauernfeind, 15 years ago

Samba 3.5.0: Initial import

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1<samba:parameter name="magic script"
2 context="S"
3 type="string"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
5<description>
6 <para>This parameter specifies the name of a file which,
7 if opened, will be executed by the server when the file is closed.
8 This allows a UNIX script to be sent to the Samba host and
9 executed on behalf of the connected user.</para>
10
11 <para>Scripts executed in this way will be deleted upon
12 completion assuming that the user has the appropriate level
13 of privilege and the file permissions allow the deletion.</para>
14
15 <para>If the script generates output, output will be sent to
16 the file specified by the <smbconfoption name="magic output"/>
17 parameter (see above).</para>
18
19 <para>Note that some shells are unable to interpret scripts
20 containing CR/LF instead of CR as
21 the end-of-line marker. Magic scripts must be executable
22 <emphasis>as is</emphasis> on the host, which for some hosts and
23 some shells will require filtering at the DOS end.</para>
24
25 <para>Magic scripts are <emphasis>EXPERIMENTAL</emphasis> and
26 should <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> be relied upon.</para>
27</description>
28<value type="default"></value>
29<value type="example">user.csh</value>
30</samba:parameter>
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