Public bug reported: Binary package hint: smbclient
The -N flag, which suppresses the login prompt, and is used by backuppc's template configuration file /etc/backuppc/config.pl in the strings $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd}, $Conf{SmbClientIncrCmd}, and $Conf{SmbClientRestoreCmd}, which do full backups, incremental backups and restores respectively. Beginning with version 3.2.3, smbclient has stopped passing the backup user's password to authenticate with Window's LAN Manager, causing backups and restores to fail when the -N flag is specified (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backuppc/+bug/283652). The purpose of the flag is to suppress the login prompt when the password has already been passed, and is certainly not supposed to prevent the password from being passed. I have edited my /etc/backuppc/config.pl to make backups work, because I am guessing that the prompt is automatically suppressed when the password has already been passed. However, it would save many users a great deal of time trying to figure out what broke backuppc if the prior behavior of smbclient were restored (as well as no longer requiring the -N fag if the password has been passed). Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) Linux CERTIBY1 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux smbclient: Installed: 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 Candidate: 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 Version table: *** 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- smbclient 3.2.3 does not handle the -N option consistently with past versions. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297025 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs