[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#653207: Bug#653207: smbclient: Smbclient 3.6.1 incompatible with BackupPC 3.2.1

[Christian PERRIER]

(answering to the bug report so that your own answer...and mine...are
recorded there)

Quoting Krassimir Grozdanov (K.Grozdanov at bnra.bg):
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> The bug can be reproduced with smbclient 3.6.4-1, and I think with
> 3.6.3. I am not very familiar how exactly backuppc proceeds, but this is
> the command it uses for backup:
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> $smbClientPath \\$host\$shareName $I_option -U $userName -E -d 1 -c
> tarmode\ full -Tc$X_option - $fileList
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> This is the description of all variables
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>    $smbClientPath   path of smbclient
> <http://bnsa864/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#_conf_smbclientpath_>
>    $host            host to backup/restore
>    $shareName       share name
>    $userName        user name
>    $fileList        list of files to backup (based on exclude/include)
>    $I_option        optional -I option to smbclient
>    $X_option        exclude option (if $fileList is an exclude list)
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> I have tested the command manually, and it stops when trying to list
> System Volume Information on the remote share with
> the following errors:
> 
>     directory \System Volume Information\
>     NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED listing \System Volume Information\*
>     NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED listing \\*   (it stops here)
> 
> And this is the output with smbclient 3.5.6
> 
>     directory \System Volume Information\
>     NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED listing \System Volume Information\*
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> After that the backup continues normally.
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> 
> I hope this information will be helpful.


OK, so the problem seems to be that smbclient now insist on listing
the content of directories even when these are explicitely excluded.

I guess one can see that as a regression and it's worth being reported
upstream. Thanks for your input.

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