smbclient: invalid mid from server! ???

[Christopher Odenbach]

Hi,

our backup program regularly invokes smbclient to generate a tar-file
from an NT-Workstation share. What it does is

/usr/samba/bin/smbclient \\\\maclaurin\\maclaurin password -U backup -E -W MATH -d3 -Tc - > maclaurin.tar

Now this is the output:

Client started (version 2.0.6).
resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name maclaurin<0x20>
resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name maclaurin<0x20>
Connecting to 131.234.114.34 at port 139
Password: Domain=[MATH] OS=[Windows NT 4.0] Server=[NT LAN Manager 4.0]
received 3 entries (eos=1 resume=0)
                directory \user\
received 6 entries (eos=1 resume=0)
                directory \user\Dellnitz\
received 18 entries (eos=1 resume=0)
dos_clean_name [\user\Dellnitz\Antritt.ppt]
file \user\Dellnitz\Antritt.ppt attrib 0x80
getting file \user\Dellnitz\Antritt.ppt of size 9385472 bytes as a tar file Antritt.pptnread=0
[...]
nread=9303840
nread=9369360
   9385472 ( 2355.0 kb/s) \user\Dellnitz\Antritt.ppt
(2354.96 kb/s) (average 2354.96 kb/s)
dos_clean_name [\user\Dellnitz\Bonn.ppt]
code 0 opening remote file \user\Dellnitz\Bonn.ppt (\user\Dellnitz\)
dos_clean_name [\user\Dellnitz\Bonn_2.ppt]
file \user\Dellnitz\Bonn_2.ppt attrib 0x80
getting file \user\Dellnitz\Bonn_2.ppt of size 19555840 bytes as a tar file Bonn_2.pptnread=0
nread=65520
nread=131040
[...]
nread=982800
nread=1044240
invalid mid from server!

Here it stops and does nothing more. The created tar file is corrupt.
Where is the problem? Is it samba or the NT box? May it be a specific file
that causes the trouble? If I connect with smbclient manually I can
get the file above without any problems. But a 'tar c file.tar' in the
specified directory does not go through.

Any help?

I am not subscribed, so please respond directly to me.

Thanks,

Christopher
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