Does size provoke the message 
"sendbackup: time 2069.484: error [/usr/local/bin/smbclient got signal 13]"?


Total bytes written: 5200947200
================================================================
remuda# more sendbackup.20070701083211.debug
sendbackup: debug 1 pid 4208 ruid 2 euid 2: start at Sun Jul  1 08:32:11 2007
/usr/local/libexec/amanda/sendbackup: version 2.4.5
  parsed request as: program `GNUTAR'
                     disk `//pillbox/primary'
                     device `//pillbox/primary'
                     level 0
                     since 1970:1:1:0:0:0
                     options `|;bsd-auth;compress-best;index;'
sendbackup: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536
sendbackup: time 0.000: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.52851
sendbackup: time 0.000: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.65194
sendbackup: time 0.000: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.58013
sendbackup: time 0.000: waiting for connect on 52851, then 65194, then 58013
sendbackup: time 0.002: stream_accept: connection from 10.0.3.148.64749
sendbackup: time 0.002: stream_accept: connection from 10.0.3.148.51619
sendbackup: time 0.002: stream_accept: connection from 10.0.3.148.52604
sendbackup: time 0.002: got all connections
sendbackup: time 0.002: spawning /usr/bin/gzip in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: /usr/bin/gzip --best
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.005: pid 4210: /usr/bin/gzip --best
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.034: doing level 0 dump from date: 1970-01-01  
0:00:00
 GMT
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.035: backup of \\pillbox\primary
sendbackup: time 0.035: spawning /usr/local/bin/smbclient in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: smbclient \\pillbox\primary -U administrator -E -W 
ro
under -d0 -Tqca -
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.036: /usr/local/bin/smbclient: pid 4213
sendbackup: time 0.042: started index creator: "/usr/bin/gtar -tf - 2>
/dev/null
| sed -e 's/^\.//'"
sendbackup: time 0.116: 124: strange(?): Domain=[PILLBOX] OS=[Windows Server 
200
3 3790 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows Server 2003 5.2]
sendbackup: time 2069.440:  75:  normal(|): tar: dumped 1545 files and 
directori
es
sendbackup: time 2069.441:  53:    size(|): Total bytes written: 5200947200
sendbackup: time 2069.443: index created successfully
sendbackup: time 2069.484: error [/usr/local/bin/smbclient got signal 13]
sendbackup: time 2069.484: pid 4208 finish time Sun Jul  1 09:06:40 2007
remuda# 


Total bytes written: 105021440
=================================================================
remuda# more sendbackup.20070702015031.debug
sendbackup: debug 1 pid 6612 ruid 2 euid 2: start at Mon Jul  2 01:50:31 2007
/usr/local/libexec/amanda/sendbackup: version 2.4.5
  parsed request as: program `GNUTAR'
                     disk `//pillbox/admin'
                     device `//pillbox/admin'
                     level 0
                     since 1970:1:1:0:0:0
                     options `|;bsd-auth;compress-best;index;'
sendbackup: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536
sendbackup: time 0.000: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.49450
sendbackup: time 0.000: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.50956
sendbackup: time 0.000: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.58958
sendbackup: time 0.000: waiting for connect on 49450, then 50956, then 58958
sendbackup: time 0.002: stream_accept: connection from 10.0.3.148.55230
sendbackup: time 0.002: stream_accept: connection from 10.0.3.148.55837
sendbackup: time 0.002: stream_accept: connection from 10.0.3.148.54857
sendbackup: time 0.002: got all connections
sendbackup: time 0.006: spawning /usr/bin/gzip in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: /usr/bin/gzip --best
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.007: pid 6614: /usr/bin/gzip --best
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.047: doing level 0 dump from date: 1970-01-01  
0:00:00
 GMT
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.048: backup of \\pillbox\admin
sendbackup: time 0.048: spawning /usr/local/bin/smbclient in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: smbclient \\pillbox\admin -U administrator -E -W 
roun
der -d0 -Tqca -
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.049: /usr/local/bin/smbclient: pid 6617
sendbackup: time 0.069: started index creator: "/usr/bin/gtar -tf - 2>
/dev/null
| sed -e 's/^\.//'"
sendbackup: time 0.133: 124: strange(?): Domain=[PILLBOX] OS=[Windows Server 
200
3 3790 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows Server 2003 5.2]
sendbackup: time 863.858:  75:  normal(|): tar: dumped 240 files and 
directories
sendbackup: time 863.859:  53:    size(|): Total bytes written: 105021440
sendbackup: time 863.861: index created successfully
sendbackup: time 863.896: pid 6612 finish time Mon Jul  2 02:04:55 2007
remuda# 


========================================================
nvloke smbclient interactively and the tar succeeds
remuda# smbclient //pillbox/primary -U administrator%xxxx  -E -W rounder -d0 
-Tqca - | gzip  -c >/scratch2/justsmb
Domain=[PILLBOX] OS=[Windows Server 2003 3790 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows 
Server 2003 5.2]

tar: dumped 1545 files and directories
Total bytes written: 5200947200
remuda# 


Versions:
amanda 2.4.5
smbclient 3.0.20
FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p7


Please suggest a resolution.

Thank you.

Bob
watts AT humbug.antnet DOT com