Daniel -- your SSH key suggestion did the trick. Thanks.

On Friday, August 22, 2014 10:31:31 AM UTC-6, Daniel Beck wrote:
>
> There's a known issue with CLI authentication via --username not working 
> for some commands in Jenkins 1.538-1.576. 
>
> Try using SSH key based authentication. 
>
> On 22.08.2014, at 17:58, G Dameron <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote: 
>
> > I think I may be on to something, and I think it's related to the issue 
> https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-21086 I mentioned in my OP. 
> The system log responds this way when I try to to a get-job on project_B: 
> > 
> > Aug 22, 2014 9:23:07 AM WARNING 
> hudson.cli.handlers.GenericItemOptionHandler$1 run 
> > running as anonymous could not find 
> hudson.model.FreeStyleProject@2130a9c[project_B] of class 
> hudson.model.AbstractItem 
> > 
> > I still have the "login" just before it, as recommended in the issue. I 
> even tried (a) appending the --username and --password args to the get-job, 
> and even (b) opening up Overall/Read to the anonymous user, then using the 
> "restart" URL to restart the server. Still no joy. 
> > 
> > (Thanks, Daniel, for hanging in there through my struggle.) 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:56:21 PM UTC-6, Daniel Beck wrote: 
> > What kind of project is it (e.g. freestyle, maven, multijob, build flow, 
> ...)? What plugin provides it? 
> > 
> > On 22.08.2014, at 02:31, G Dameron <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > 
> > > Just alphanumerics and underscores in the name. We're not using any 
> CloudBees plugins. 
> > > 
> > > On Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:14:16 PM UTC-6, Daniel Beck wrote: 
> > > Are there leading/trailing spaces in the project name? Characters that 
> are not basic printable ASCII, preferably alphanumeric, e.g. characters 
> with special meaning on the command line, like the dollar sign? 
> > > 
> > > Are you using the Cloudbees Folders plugin, and the job is actually in 
> a folder? Other than changing project names, are the java calls in your 
> first question unmodified (e.g. no parameters removed)? 
> > > 
> > > On 22.08.2014, at 02:01, G Dameron <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > The job name I'm using meets the URL criterion. (It also meets the 
> "snowman" criterion, which implies the job's "real name" and "display name" 
> are identical, if I'm understanding you correctly). Is there any other 
> string I could/should use for the get-job argument? 
> > > > 
> > > > On Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:43:33 PM UTC-6, Daniel Beck wrote: 
> > > > If it says '/job/foo' in the URL when you view the job, 'foo' is its 
> name. Even if it says something like "Project ☃" on the page you're on, in 
> that case '☃' is its display name. (That character used for the display 
> name is supposed to be the Unicode snowman U+2603 if your email client 
> doesn't display it.) 
> > > > 
> > > > To the best of my knowledge, there is no way to determine a 
> project's name from the CLI if the project has a differing display name and 
> the name is not already known, short of writing a plugin or patching 
> Jenkins. 
> > > > 
> > > > On 22.08.2014, at 01:33, G Dameron <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > > What does a job's "real name" look like? 
> > > > > Is there a string I can build up from known parts that would 
> convince "get-job" that it's a legitimate argument? 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:09:28 PM UTC-6, Daniel Beck wrote: 
> > > > > It's likely the following: 
> > > > > 
> > > > > list-jobs shows the project's _display name_, but as parameter to 
> commands you need to specify the project's real _name_. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > It's mind-bogglingly stupid, and there is currently no solution 
> other than not using display names for projects, or patching Jenkins. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > A possible solution is tracked as JENKINS-22301. 
> > > > > 
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