Never mind, I found the solution to the issue - apparently the smbclient has changed a bit since Backuppc was written/updated. Here is the link to what helped me solve my problem.
http://www.adsm.org/lists/html/BackupPC-users/2008-11/msg00076.html I was not on this mailing list when that little gem of info was sent around. -------------------------------------------------- From: "James Beam" <jb...@jbnetworks.org> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 5:08 AM To: "General list for user discussion,questions and support" <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [BackupPC-users] Windows domain auth failure - driving me nuts > I keep getting domain auth failures when trying smb - here is my .pl file: > > $Conf{SmbShareName} = ['users']; > $Conf{SmbShareUserName} = 'domain\backuppc'; > $Conf{SmbSharePasswd} = 'password'; > $Conf{XferMethod} = 'smb'; > > > I created a user on the domain called backuppc with sufficient rights to > do > what needs doing. > > Here is the error I keep getting: > > Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\nxtc03\\users -U ptr\\backuppc -E -N -d > 1 -c > tarmode\ full -Tc - > full backup started for share users > Xfer PIDs are now 6373,6372 > Anonymous login successful > Domain=[PTR] OS=[Windows Server (R) 2008 Enterprise 6001 Service Pack 1] > Server=[Windows Server (R) 2008 Enterprise 6.0] > tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED > Anonymous login successful > Domain=[PTR] OS=[Windows Server (R) 2008 Enterprise 6001 Service Pack 1] > Server=[Windows Server (R) 2008 Enterprise 6.0] > tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 > filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal > Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share users) > Backup aborted (No files dumped for share users) > Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the > prior > one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0) > > > Now, what is interesting is the \\ in the domain\user part. I did not add > this - my .pl file is as shown above. > > Also, when I try the command as shown above with domain\user it fails - > but > if I strip the rest of the stuff after the -U domain\backuppc part it > prompts me for a password and connects to the share.. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/