Hi guys, I got the same mentioned problem with the a newer Amanda Server and a new smbclient
- Package: amanda-server Source: amanda Version: 1:3.3.8-1 Installed-Size: 890 - Package: smbclient Source: samba Version: 2:4.3.8+dfsg- - amstatus abc status sendbackup.20160419005647.debug:Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: critical (fatal): error [no backup size line] - less sendbackup.20160419005647.debug Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: pid 3141 ruid 34 euid 34 version 3.3.8: start at Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016 Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: Version 3.3.8 Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: pid 3141 ruid 34 euid 34 version 3.3.8: rename at Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016 Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: Parsed request as: program `GNUTAR' Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: disk `//monster.someurl.de/dev' Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: device `//monster.someurl.de/dev' Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: level 0 Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: since NODATE Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: options `' Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: datapath `AMANDA' Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: start: localhost://monster.someurl.de/dev lev 0 Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: gnutar: backup of \\monster.someurl.de\dev Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: Spawning "/usr/bin/smbclient smbclient "\\\\monster.someurl.de\\dev" -U backup -E -d0 -Tqca -" in pipeline Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: gnutar: /usr/bin/smbclient: pid 3144 Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: Started backup Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: Started index creator: "/bin/tar -tf - 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/^\.//'" Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: 118: strange(?): Error reading password from file descriptor 7: empty password Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: 118: strange(?): Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: 114: normal(|): Domain=[someurl] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.24] Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: 118: strange(?): cli_setatr failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: 118: strange(?): tar:712 Total bytes received: 8196 Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: Index created successfully Tue Apr 19 00:56:47 2016: thd-0x5589cc151000: sendbackup: critical (fatal): error [no backup size line] /usr/lib/amanda/libamanda-3.3.8.so(+0x2a0e7)[0x7f6df2f270e7] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_logv+0x1f4)[0x7f6df1c08944] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_log+0x8f)[0x7f6df1c08b6f] /usr/lib/amanda/sendbackup(parse_backup_messages+0x28c)[0x5589ca7352cc] /usr/lib/amanda/sendbackup(main+0x14be)[0x5589ca732c8e] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7f6df11e8610] /usr/lib/amanda/sendbackup(_start+0x29)[0x5589ca733d59] - As mentioned before it works with smbclient_4.1.17+dfsg-2+deb8u1_amd64.deb Is there a solution in planing? It's not really a good thing to use a forced downgrade from smbclient. Greetings and thanks Tobias
