Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

[Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users]

Jaime,

I'm glad the issue is resolved.

I don't think your tone was that snippy or rude, although not answering my
specific debugging questions and replying with "SMB worked almost 100% when
we used backuppc 3.3.1, so I’m not sure why it should be so difficult." is
borderline.

Helping someone debug an issue is like playing "20 questions" over email.
If each round-trip is lossy then the chances of figuring out the issue go
way down.  I did ask you about the smb config settings.  Your reply didn't
answer my question and repeated that it worked fine in 3.3.1, so something
is wrong.  So that caused my debugging effort to stall 6 days ago.  The
process works best when people stick to the facts with concrete, precise
observations and data, and not clutter things with opinions that might be
wrong or be irrelevant.  Perhaps my question about the smb settings did
indeed cause you to look at them and figure out the problem, or Holger's or
Michael's followups triggered you to do so, which is good.

As you know, we've exchanged a couple of emails about the "256 exit error"
off-list.  You sent me a log file - thanks. I replied that it looks clean
and doesn't show the error, and I asked you to send me any other log file
that actually shows the error.  That was almost 24 hours ago.

Craig

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:44 AM Jaime Fenton 
wrote:

> Thanks for the follow up on this thread.
>
> The issue is resolved.
>
> I had put some items in the global config that had affected some singular
> configs. Once I corrected the global config and rolled all configs back to
> the global, it started working (for the most part, but there's a thread
> about my 256 exit error).
>
> Thanks for everyones help on this.
>
> Cheers,
> Jaime
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Stowe [mailto:michael.st...@member.mensa.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 10:28 AM
> To: General list for user discussion, questions and support <
> backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Jaime Fenton ; Craig Barratt <
> cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands
>
> On 2018-10-30 08:04, Holger Parplies wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Jaime Fenton wrote on 2018-10-24 16:17:24 + [Re: [BackupPC-users]
> > Weird backup commands]:
> >> Also, my apologies if my tone came across as snippy or rude [...]
> >> I???m just frustrated with the issues I???m having [...]
> >
> > well ...
> >
> >> [...]
> >> If I thought samba was not going to work, then I would dump it.
> >
> > Believe it or not, Samba *can* never work properly, presuming you want
> > both incremental and exact backups. As Craig pointed out, Samba *can*
> > never give you the in-/exclude options rsync does. If you're fine with
> > all of that, then go ahead. The only benefit Samba gives you is
> > presumably the ease of setup, and you're apparently not getting much
> > out of that, because it doesn't "just work". You're going to have to
> > put in some work one way or the other.
> > There
> > is simply no way around that.
>
> Let me amplify this:  samba can also easily miss incremental files whose
> timestamp is not as expected, something rsync is not subject to.
> There's a set of issues surrounding open and locked files, which I won't
> attempt to cover in detail here, except to point out that it's suited to a
> use case where the files you care about are expected to be static during
> the backup period.
>
> >> [...]
> >> Out of curiosity, has anyone else had a problem with samba 4.7.1? I
> >> did see one mention in a forum somewhere that there issues were
> >> resolved with samba 4.7.3. Thoughts?
>
> Between 4.7.1 and 4.7.3 of Samba, there were a number of server changes
> around vulnerabilities, particularly using the SMB1 protocol.  smbclient
> (the only relevant portion) is largely unchanged.  So, my main thoughts
> are:
> 1) No, this isn't relevant
> 2) Reading the release notes is a good way to find out if a minor version
> change would be important or not
>
> > It seems highly unlikely that one Samba version changes the command
> > line BackupPC passes to it. Much more likely is an issue with your
> > BackupPC configuration. That is why Craig asked:
> >
> >> [...]
> >> What are your settings for $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd},
> >> $Conf{SmbShareName}, $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and
> >> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} on the two machines?
> >
> > So, my thought is: answer the question. Without that information, the
> > only help we can give you is, "

Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

[Jaime Fenton]

Thanks for the follow up on this thread.

The issue is resolved.

I had put some items in the global config that had affected some singular 
configs. Once I corrected the global config and rolled all configs back to the 
global, it started working (for the most part, but there's a thread about my 
256 exit error).

Thanks for everyones help on this.

Cheers,
Jaime

-Original Message-
From: Michael Stowe [mailto:michael.st...@member.mensa.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 10:28 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support 

Cc: Jaime Fenton ; Craig Barratt 

Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

On 2018-10-30 08:04, Holger Parplies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jaime Fenton wrote on 2018-10-24 16:17:24 + [Re: [BackupPC-users]
> Weird backup commands]:
>> Also, my apologies if my tone came across as snippy or rude [...]
>> I???m just frustrated with the issues I???m having [...]
>
> well ...
>
>> [...]
>> If I thought samba was not going to work, then I would dump it.
>
> Believe it or not, Samba *can* never work properly, presuming you want
> both incremental and exact backups. As Craig pointed out, Samba *can*
> never give you the in-/exclude options rsync does. If you're fine with
> all of that, then go ahead. The only benefit Samba gives you is
> presumably the ease of setup, and you're apparently not getting much
> out of that, because it doesn't "just work". You're going to have to
> put in some work one way or the other.
> There
> is simply no way around that.

Let me amplify this:  samba can also easily miss incremental files whose 
timestamp is not as expected, something rsync is not subject to.
There's a set of issues surrounding open and locked files, which I won't 
attempt to cover in detail here, except to point out that it's suited to a use 
case where the files you care about are expected to be static during the backup 
period.

>> [...]
>> Out of curiosity, has anyone else had a problem with samba 4.7.1? I
>> did see one mention in a forum somewhere that there issues were
>> resolved with samba 4.7.3. Thoughts?

Between 4.7.1 and 4.7.3 of Samba, there were a number of server changes around 
vulnerabilities, particularly using the SMB1 protocol.  smbclient (the only 
relevant portion) is largely unchanged.  So, my main thoughts
are:
1) No, this isn't relevant
2) Reading the release notes is a good way to find out if a minor version 
change would be important or not

> It seems highly unlikely that one Samba version changes the command
> line BackupPC passes to it. Much more likely is an issue with your
> BackupPC configuration. That is why Craig asked:
>
>> [...]
>> What are your settings for $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd},
>> $Conf{SmbShareName}, $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and
>> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} on the two machines?
>
> So, my thought is: answer the question. Without that information, the
> only help we can give you is, "there's probably something wrong with
> your configuration".
>
> I might add that each of these settings individually might be global
> or host specific. How do you manipulate the settings? Do you edit the
> config file or use the web interface?
>
>> [...]
>> ??? Good example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient
>> computername.domainname\\C\$> $> -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -TcN /data/backuppc/pc/
>> computername.domainname /timeStamp.level0 - Users\\username\\AppData
>> Users\\ username \\Documents Users\\ username
>> \\Downloads Users\\ username
>> \\My\ Documents Users\\ username
>> \\Desktop
>>
>> ??? Error example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient 
>> computername.domainname \\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1
>> -c tarmode\ full -Tc - Users\\\*\\AppData\\\*
>> Users\\\*\\Documents\\\*
>> Users\\\*\\Downloads\\\* Users\\\*\\Desktop\\\* Users\\\*\\My\
>> Documents\\\*
>
> This seems to be badly mangled by both your MUA as well as yourself -
> I'm guessing the spaces around "computername.domainname" as well as
> "username"
> are probably not there (they're not escaped, so they would separate
> arguments, basically meaning the good example command would be
> nonsense, even with the file tags removed).
> In any case, the confusion Windoze path separators introduce is a pain.
> I'm
> not sure this is better with rsync, but it probably is - at least you
> *should
> be* able to consistently use "/", which doesn't need escaping. Oh, and
> you can use both in- and excludes with rsync. You can't with Samba.
> You know that, right?
>
> My reaction, at least, is, I'm not taking a closer look at any 

Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

[Michael Stowe]

On 2018-10-30 08:04, Holger Parplies wrote:

Hi,

Jaime Fenton wrote on 2018-10-24 16:17:24 + [Re: [BackupPC-users]
Weird backup commands]:
Also, my apologies if my tone came across as snippy or rude [...] 
I???m just

frustrated with the issues I???m having [...]


well ...


[...]
If I thought samba was not going to work, then I would dump it.


Believe it or not, Samba *can* never work properly, presuming you want 
both
incremental and exact backups. As Craig pointed out, Samba *can* never 
give
you the in-/exclude options rsync does. If you're fine with all of 
that, then
go ahead. The only benefit Samba gives you is presumably the ease of 
setup,
and you're apparently not getting much out of that, because it doesn't 
"just
work". You're going to have to put in some work one way or the other. 
There

is simply no way around that.


Let me amplify this:  samba can also easily miss incremental files whose 
timestamp is not as expected, something rsync is not subject to.  
There's a set of issues surrounding open and locked files, which I won't 
attempt to cover in detail here, except to point out that it's suited to 
a use case where the files you care about are expected to be static 
during the backup period.



[...]
Out of curiosity, has anyone else had a problem with samba 4.7.1? I 
did see
one mention in a forum somewhere that there issues were resolved with 
samba

4.7.3. Thoughts?


Between 4.7.1 and 4.7.3 of Samba, there were a number of server changes 
around vulnerabilities, particularly using the SMB1 protocol.  smbclient 
(the only relevant portion) is largely unchanged.  So, my main thoughts 
are:

1) No, this isn't relevant
2) Reading the release notes is a good way to find out if a minor 
version change would be important or not


It seems highly unlikely that one Samba version changes the command 
line

BackupPC passes to it. Much more likely is an issue with your BackupPC
configuration. That is why Craig asked:


[...]
What are your settings for $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd}, 
$Conf{SmbShareName},
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} on the two 
machines?


So, my thought is: answer the question. Without that information, the 
only

help we can give you is, "there's probably something wrong with your
configuration".

I might add that each of these settings individually might be global or
host specific. How do you manipulate the settings? Do you edit the 
config

file or use the web interface?


[...]
??? Good example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient 
computername.domainname\\C\$ 
-U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -TcN /data/backuppc/pc/ 
computername.domainname /timeStamp.level0 - Users\\username\\AppData 
Users\\ username \\Documents Users\\ username 
\\Downloads Users\\ username \\My\ 
Documents Users\\ username \\Desktop


??? Error example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient  
computername.domainname \\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 
-c tarmode\ full -Tc - Users\\\*\\AppData\\\* Users\\\*\\Documents\\\* 
Users\\\*\\Downloads\\\* Users\\\*\\Desktop\\\* Users\\\*\\My\ 
Documents\\\*


This seems to be badly mangled by both your MUA as well as yourself - 
I'm
guessing the spaces around "computername.domainname" as well as 
"username"
are probably not there (they're not escaped, so they would separate 
arguments,
basically meaning the good example command would be nonsense, even with 
the

file tags removed).
In any case, the confusion Windoze path separators introduce is a pain. 
I'm
not sure this is better with rsync, but it probably is - at least you 
*should
be* able to consistently use "/", which doesn't need escaping. Oh, and 
you
can use both in- and excludes with rsync. You can't with Samba. You 
know that,

right?

My reaction, at least, is, I'm not taking a closer look at any of that,
because it's bogus, confusing, and irrelevant. We need the 
configuration

details.

Hope that helps.

Also, my apologies if my tone came across as snippy or rude, I'm just
frustrated with questions (and followups) that prevent the possibility
of meaningful help.

Regards,
Holger


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Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

[Holger Parplies]

Hi,

Jaime Fenton wrote on 2018-10-24 16:17:24 + [Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird 
backup commands]:
> Also, my apologies if my tone came across as snippy or rude [...] I???m just
> frustrated with the issues I???m having [...]

well ...

> [...]
> If I thought samba was not going to work, then I would dump it.

Believe it or not, Samba *can* never work properly, presuming you want both
incremental and exact backups. As Craig pointed out, Samba *can* never give
you the in-/exclude options rsync does. If you're fine with all of that, then
go ahead. The only benefit Samba gives you is presumably the ease of setup,
and you're apparently not getting much out of that, because it doesn't "just
work". You're going to have to put in some work one way or the other. There
is simply no way around that.

> [...]
> Out of curiosity, has anyone else had a problem with samba 4.7.1? I did see
> one mention in a forum somewhere that there issues were resolved with samba
> 4.7.3. Thoughts?

It seems highly unlikely that one Samba version changes the command line
BackupPC passes to it. Much more likely is an issue with your BackupPC
configuration. That is why Craig asked:

> [...]
> What are your settings for $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd}, $Conf{SmbShareName},
> $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} on the two machines?

So, my thought is: answer the question. Without that information, the only
help we can give you is, "there's probably something wrong with your
configuration".

I might add that each of these settings individually might be global or
host specific. How do you manipulate the settings? Do you edit the config
file or use the web interface?

> [...]
> ??? Good example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient 
> computername.domainname\\C\$ -U 
> AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -TcN /data/backuppc/pc/ 
> computername.domainname /timeStamp.level0 - Users\\username\\AppData Users\\ 
> username \\Documents Users\\ username 
> \\Downloads Users\\ username \\My\ 
> Documents Users\\ username \\Desktop
> 
> ??? Error example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient  
> computername.domainname \\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c 
> tarmode\ full -Tc - Users\\\*\\AppData\\\* Users\\\*\\Documents\\\* 
> Users\\\*\\Downloads\\\* Users\\\*\\Desktop\\\* Users\\\*\\My\ Documents\\\*

This seems to be badly mangled by both your MUA as well as yourself - I'm
guessing the spaces around "computername.domainname" as well as "username"
are probably not there (they're not escaped, so they would separate arguments,
basically meaning the good example command would be nonsense, even with the
file tags removed).
In any case, the confusion Windoze path separators introduce is a pain. I'm
not sure this is better with rsync, but it probably is - at least you *should
be* able to consistently use "/", which doesn't need escaping. Oh, and you
can use both in- and excludes with rsync. You can't with Samba. You know that,
right?

My reaction, at least, is, I'm not taking a closer look at any of that,
because it's bogus, confusing, and irrelevant. We need the configuration
details.

Hope that helps.

Also, my apologies if my tone came across as snippy or rude, I'm just
frustrated with questions (and followups) that prevent the possibility
of meaningful help.

Regards,
Holger


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Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

[Jaime Fenton]

Also, my apologies if my tone came across as snippy or rude in that last email, 
I do appreciate all the help I’ve received so far, I’m just frustrated with the 
issues I’m having and not with any of the help that’s been offered.

Cheers,
Jaime

From: Jaime Fenton [mailto:jaime.fen...@animallogic.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:56 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support 

Cc: Craig Barratt 
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

If I thought samba was not going to work, then I would dump it. The fact that 
it works for some of my computer, plus ALL computers at one of our other 
offices, then I would happily move to rsync. Also, I tried rsync previously 
with no luck.

SMB worked almost 100% when we used backuppc 3.3.1, so I’m not sure why it 
should be so difficult. I’m almost at the point of blowing away this server and 
building a fresh one.

Out of curiosity, has anyone else had a problem with samba 4.7.1? I did see one 
mention in a forum somewhere that there issues were resolved with samba 4.7.3. 
Thoughts?

Jaime

From: Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users 
[mailto:backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:50 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support 
mailto:backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>>
Cc: Craig Barratt 
mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

Jaime,

The first example is an incremental backup (the -N option to smbclient 
tarmode), and the second is a full.

What are your settings for $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd}, $Conf{SmbShareName}, 
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} on the two machines?

Also, have you consider running rsync instead?  While it requires a client-side 
installation, its performance is higher and the include/exclude logic is 
clearer and more flexible.

Craig

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:32 PM Jaime Fenton 
mailto:jaime.fen...@animallogic.ca>> wrote:
Hi there,

With Craig Barratt’s help, I’ve discovered that some of my backups are adding 
in a wildcard instead of the users name as part of the string:


• Good example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient 
computername.domainname\\C\$ -U 
AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -TcN /data/backuppc/pc/ 
computername.domainname /timeStamp.level0 - Users\\username\\AppData Users\\ 
username \\Documents Users\\ username 
\\Downloads Users\\ username \\My\ 
Documents Users\\ username \\Desktop

• Error example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient  
computername.domainname \\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c 
tarmode\ full -Tc - Users\\\*\\AppData\\\* Users\\\*\\Documents\\\* 
Users\\\*\\Downloads\\\* Users\\\*\\Desktop\\\* Users\\\*\\My\ Documents\\\*

This does not appear to be ALL the problems I’m facing with backups not 
working, but it’s certainly the major issue that’s preventing me from moving 
forward. Has anyone else see this behaviour?

Thanks,
Jaime
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

[Jaime Fenton]

If I thought samba was not going to work, then I would dump it. The fact that 
it works for some of my computer, plus ALL computers at one of our other 
offices, then I would happily move to rsync. Also, I tried rsync previously 
with no luck.

SMB worked almost 100% when we used backuppc 3.3.1, so I’m not sure why it 
should be so difficult. I’m almost at the point of blowing away this server and 
building a fresh one.

Out of curiosity, has anyone else had a problem with samba 4.7.1? I did see one 
mention in a forum somewhere that there issues were resolved with samba 4.7.3. 
Thoughts?

Jaime

From: Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:50 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support 

Cc: Craig Barratt 
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

Jaime,

The first example is an incremental backup (the -N option to smbclient 
tarmode), and the second is a full.

What are your settings for $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd}, $Conf{SmbShareName}, 
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} on the two machines?

Also, have you consider running rsync instead?  While it requires a client-side 
installation, its performance is higher and the include/exclude logic is 
clearer and more flexible.

Craig

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:32 PM Jaime Fenton 
mailto:jaime.fen...@animallogic.ca>> wrote:
Hi there,

With Craig Barratt’s help, I’ve discovered that some of my backups are adding 
in a wildcard instead of the users name as part of the string:


• Good example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient 
computername.domainname\\C\$ -U 
AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -TcN /data/backuppc/pc/ 
computername.domainname /timeStamp.level0 - Users\\username\\AppData Users\\ 
username \\Documents Users\\ username 
\\Downloads Users\\ username \\My\ 
Documents Users\\ username \\Desktop

• Error example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient  
computername.domainname \\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c 
tarmode\ full -Tc - Users\\\*\\AppData\\\* Users\\\*\\Documents\\\* 
Users\\\*\\Downloads\\\* Users\\\*\\Desktop\\\* Users\\\*\\My\ Documents\\\*

This does not appear to be ALL the problems I’m facing with backups not 
working, but it’s certainly the major issue that’s preventing me from moving 
forward. Has anyone else see this behaviour?

Thanks,
Jaime
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

[Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users]

Jaime,

The first example is an incremental backup (the -N option to smbclient
tarmode), and the second is a full.

What are your settings for
$Conf{SmbClientFullCmd}, $Conf{SmbShareName}, $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} on the two machines?

Also, have you consider running rsync instead?  While it requires a
client-side installation, its performance is higher and the include/exclude
logic is clearer and more flexible.

Craig

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:32 PM Jaime Fenton 
wrote:

> Hi there,
>
>
>
> With Craig Barratt’s help, I’ve discovered that some of my backups are
> adding in a wildcard instead of the users name as part of the string:
>
>
>
> · Good example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient
> computername.domainname\\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full
> -TcN /data/backuppc/pc/ computername.domainname /timeStamp.level0 -
> Users\\username\\AppData Users\\ username \\Documents Users\\ username
> \\Downloads Users\\ username \\My\ Documents Users\\ username \\Desktop
>
> · Error example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient 
> computername.domainname \\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full
> -Tc - Users\\\*\\AppData\\\* Users\\\*\\Documents\\\*
> Users\\\*\\Downloads\\\* Users\\\*\\Desktop\\\* Users\\\*\\My\ Documents\\\*
>
>
>
> This does not appear to be ALL the problems I’m facing with backups not
> working, but it’s certainly the major issue that’s preventing me from
> moving forward. Has anyone else see this behaviour?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jaime
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[BackupPC-users] Weird backup commands

[Jaime Fenton]

Hi there,

With Craig Barratt's help, I've discovered that some of my backups are adding 
in a wildcard instead of the users name as part of the string:


* Good example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient 
computername.domainname\\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -TcN 
/data/backuppc/pc/ computername.domainname /timeStamp.level0 - 
Users\\username\\AppData Users\\ username \\Documents Users\\ username 
\\Downloads Users\\ username \\My\ Documents Users\\ username \\Desktop

* Error example: Running: /usr/bin/smbclient  
computername.domainname \\C\$ -U AL\\backuppc -E -d 1 -c tarmode\ full -Tc - 
Users\\\*\\AppData\\\* Users\\\*\\Documents\\\* Users\\\*\\Downloads\\\* 
Users\\\*\\Desktop\\\* Users\\\*\\My\ Documents\\\*

This does not appear to be ALL the problems I'm facing with backups not 
working, but it's certainly the major issue that's preventing me from moving 
forward. Has anyone else see this behaviour?

Thanks,
Jaime
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