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+<samba:parameter name="usershare template share"
+ context="G"
+ basic="1" advanced="1"
+ type="string"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>User defined shares only have limited possible parameters
+ such as path, guest ok etc. This parameter allows usershares to
+ "cloned" from an existing share. If "usershare template share"
+ is set to the name of an existing share, then all usershares
+ created have their defaults set from the parameters set on this
+ share.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The target share may be set to be invalid for real file
+ sharing by setting the parameter "-valid = False" on the template
+ share definition. This causes it not to be seen as a real exported
+ share but to be able to be used as a template for usershares.
+ </para>
+
+</description>
+<value type="default">NULL</value>
+<value type="example">template_share</value>
+</samba:parameter>