Cannot disconnect file-sharing user

Hi Tim,

Thanks for a swift response. I am aware that all computers with file-sharing enabled show up in the sidebar. The sharepoint-running mac does not have a guest account enabled.

The problem is that it automatically logs onto my machine using my administrator name and password even though 1) the login info was never saved to the keychain of that mac and 2) my remotely accessed mac was unmounted with all drives after the file transfer was complete in order for no one to be able to access my drives.

What happens now is: I click on my Mac in the network from this other machine. I can either use the drop-box, or log in with my username (say, abc) for further access. As soon as I click on the log-in button, the current user name of the other mac (say, xzy) is filled in without password. If I hit cancel now, it DOES log in with my administrator name and password, even though I just aborted the connection.

It makes no sense to me that the computer remembers the login info it was not supposed to. It makes even less sense that it logs on when making the connection is being canceled mid way.

The more I think about it, the more it seems like a bug. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,

Tobias

You know, I have tried both. Neither the disconnect button, nore ejecting the disks worked. However, after I had turned off file-sharing, changed my admin password, and waited a few days before turning file-sharing back on I was finally unable to access my computer remotely without typing my password. I can't say whether that the computer I had been using to log in to mine had been restarted in the meantime. That might be the reason why it finally "forgot" my login info.

Still, it looks like a bug to me. Say, there are multiple users on the other mac, how would you switch to another if it kept you logged in with the same username?

Best,
Tobias

Hi Tim,

Thanks for replying. I did try that when I initially had that problem. There was no such entry. Again, there is no reason for why that computer should have remembered my login info. Nothing was checked at login to save passwords, nothing showed up in the keychain, and after I was done, I ejected all disks. Changing the admin password on my machine did not do the job either. It was the login-keychain that had to be changed or file sharing to be disabled in order for the other computer not to access everything on my mac automatically.

Puzzled,
Tobias