On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Jeff Boyce <jboyce AT meridianenv DOT com> 
wrote:
>
>> Try using smbclient to connect to the shares you are trying to back
>> up, using the same names and credentials.  You might get better error
>> messages in an interactive mode.
>>
>
> I am not familiar with smbclient options and example usage.  Will have to
> look this up more, but a basic query gives the same error as BackupPC.
>
> [root@bacteria ~]# smbclient -L jab-opti755
> Enter root's password:
> session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE

You probably don't have a 'root' user on the windows box. Try:
smbclient  '//jab-opti755/c$' -UAdministrator
or something that matches your shares.

> My Samba config does not include a name resolve order setting.  And looking
> at the original Samba config that came with the CentOS 6 installation, there
> was not one in that either.  I checked my old Samba Server (RHEL 3) and it
> was in the original config for that one, but commented out.  Is this maybe
> my problem, do I need to include the following line in my Samba config to
> complete a proper configuration?
>
> name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast host

None of that should matter if your DNS works.

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  Les Mikesell
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