[Samba] smbclient mask command seems not to work the same way with recurse ON for mget and mput

[LPC DPG]

A new update. Same behaviour with 4.6.16. Exact issue as Bug 1249.

Many thanks. Kind regards.

El lun., 24 ago. 2020 a las 12:23, LPC DPG (<lpcdpg at gmail.com>) escribió:

> Dear folks.
>
> Was hoping it had to do with the release, but have also tested in 4.4.16
> and the issue is also there. I am aware a RHEL/CEntOS based upon 6
> distribution is not the most up to date version I should test this on, as
> it also limits how easy is compiling most recent versions of Samba, but I
> assume though this is not a tricky test, and should work as documented in
> both 4.4 and 4.2 versions.
>
> Looking forward to reading your remarks.
>
> Many thanks in advance. Best regards.
>
> El vie., 21 ago. 2020 a las 12:25, LPC DPG (<lpcdpg at gmail.com>) escribió:
>
>> Dear folks.
>>
>> I am using smbclient 4.2.10 version (the one packaged for OEL 6,
>> samba4-client-4.2.10-15.el6.x86_64), and observing a weird behaviour of the
>> tool.
>>
>> I've got a Linux local directorio, say /tmp/eraseme, with a couple of
>> subdirectories in it, say a and b, each one containing a dummy file, say
>> a/AM.xls and b/AT.xls
>>
>> If I run:
>> smbclient -d 30 -l /var/log/samba -m SMB3 -W "${d}" -U "${u}" "${s}"
>> "${p}"
>> smb: \> lcd /tmp/eraseme
>> smb: \> recurse
>> smb: \> prompt
>> smb: \> mask *M.xls
>> smb: \> mput *
>>
>> it transfer both AM.xls an AT.xls files, which seems not to agree what
>> man page states:
>>
>> "       mask <mask>
>>            This command allows the user to set up a mask which will be
>> used during recursive operation of the mget and mput commands.
>>
>>            The masks specified to the mget and mput commands act as
>> filters for directories rather than files when recursion is toggled ON.
>>
>>            The mask specified with the mask command is necessary to
>> filter files within those directories. For example, if the mask specified
>> in an
>>            mget command is "source*" and the mask specified with the mask
>> command is "*.c" and recursion is toggled ON, the mget command will retrieve
>>            all files matching "*.c" in all directories below and
>> including all directories matching "source*" in the current working
>> directory.
>>
>>            Note that the value for mask defaults to blank (equivalent to
>> "*") and remains so until the mask command is used to change it. It retains
>>            the most recently specified value indefinitely. To avoid
>> unexpected results it would be wise to change the value of mask back to "*"
>> after
>>            using the mget or mput commands."
>>
>> Nonetheless, if I do it the other way around,
>>
>> smbclient -d 30 -l /var/log/samba -m SMB3 -W "${d}" -U "${u}" "${s}"
>> "${p}"
>> smb: \> lcd /tmp/eraseme
>> smb: \> recurse
>> smb: \> prompt
>> smb: \> mask *M.xls
>> smb: \> mget *
>>
>> , mget does seem to honour the referred description, downloading only
>> AM.xls file to Linux.
>>
>> I have been looking in Google, but have seen no reference to similar
>> problems. I do assume hence whether I am doing something wrong, or
>> misinterpreting the manual, then I can't get it working.
>>
>> So I'd be really grateful if any of you who might have ever faced
>> something similar could share the experience, as I am really lost with it.
>>
>> Thanks so much in advance. Best regards.
>>
>