I can confirm the problem with smb backend. Here's my log output: $ DEJA_DUP_DEBUG=1 deja-dup --backup DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Using archive dir: /home/tom/.cache/deja-dup/c29ce7486bdf2672249a6257f783d051 DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Using backup name: c29ce7486bdf2672249a6257f783d051 DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.ftpsbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.rsyncbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.u1backend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.webdavbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.cloudfilesbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.ftpbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.tahoebackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.hsibackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.gdocsbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.imapbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.sshbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.botobackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.localbackend Succeeded DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Main action: collection-status DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . ================================================================================ DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . duplicity 0.6.20 (October 28, 2012) DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Args: /usr/bin/duplicity collection-status --include=/home/tom/Software --include=/home/tom/Music --include=/home/tom/env --include=/home/tom/Pictures --include=/home/tom/Documents --exclude=/home/tom/.cache/thumbnails --exclude=/home/tom/Downloads --exclude=/home/tom/.local/share/Trash --exclude=/sys --exclude=/proc --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/home/tom/.xsession-errors --exclude=/home/tom/.thumbnails --exclude=/home/tom/.gvfs --exclude=/home/tom/.adobe/Flash_Player/AssetCache --exclude=/home/tom/.cache/deja-dup --exclude=/home/tom/.cache --exclude=** --gio smb://fritz.box/mass-storagedevice-01/tom --no-encryption --verbosity=9 --gpg-options=--no-use-agent --archive-dir=/home/tom/.cache/deja-dup --log-fd=17 DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Linux avocado 3.8-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.8.5-1~experimental.1 x86_64 DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . /usr/bin/python 2.7.4 (default, Apr 10 2013, 23:24:08) DUPLICITY: . [GCC 4.7.2] DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . ================================================================================ DUPLICITY: NOTICE 1 DUPLICITY: . Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed. DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Attempt 1 failed: Error: Invalid argument DUPLICITY: DEBUG 1 DUPLICITY: . Backtrace of previous error: Traceback (innermost last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 316, in iterate DUPLICITY: . return fn(*args, **kwargs) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 160, in list DUPLICITY: . self.remote_file.get_parse_name()) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 106, in handle_error DUPLICITY: . raise e DUPLICITY: . Error: Invalid argument DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Attempt 2 failed: Error: Invalid argument DUPLICITY: DEBUG 1 DUPLICITY: . Backtrace of previous error: Traceback (innermost last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 316, in iterate DUPLICITY: . return fn(*args, **kwargs) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 160, in list DUPLICITY: . self.remote_file.get_parse_name()) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 106, in handle_error DUPLICITY: . raise e DUPLICITY: . Error: Invalid argument DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Attempt 3 failed: Error: Invalid argument DUPLICITY: DEBUG 1 DUPLICITY: . Backtrace of previous error: Traceback (innermost last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 316, in iterate DUPLICITY: . return fn(*args, **kwargs) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 160, in list DUPLICITY: . self.remote_file.get_parse_name()) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 106, in handle_error DUPLICITY: . raise e DUPLICITY: . Error: Invalid argument DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Attempt 4 failed: Error: Invalid argument DUPLICITY: DEBUG 1 DUPLICITY: . Backtrace of previous error: Traceback (innermost last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 316, in iterate DUPLICITY: . return fn(*args, **kwargs) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 160, in list DUPLICITY: . self.remote_file.get_parse_name()) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 106, in handle_error DUPLICITY: . raise e DUPLICITY: . Error: Invalid argument DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: ERROR 50 list 'smb://fritz.box/mass-storagedevice-01/tom' DUPLICITY: . Invalid argument DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Using temporary directory /tmp/duplicity-Cn4g7S-tempdir