SMB File Sharing not working in Ventura

I gave all users read & write access to my desktop & documents and it's a mystery why the Guest Account can connect just fine - without a password! Clearly, the Guest account does not run through the "normal" authentication process.

MRYFLYGUY wrote:

I gave all users read & write access to my desktop & documents and it's a mystery why the Guest Account can connect just fine - without a password! Clearly, the Guest account does not run through the "normal" authentication process.

The guest login has nothing to do with the Guest account. It is just an anonymous login. That login would have access as determined by everyone.

Ports 137 and 139 were only used with SMBv1, allowing the ancient NetBIOS protocol to be used over TCP/IP. Port 445 replaced 137 and 139 over 20 years ago for SMBv1, and continues to be used current SMB variations. macOS and Windows have disabled SMBv1 by default for some time now, so you shouldn't ever see activity on the old ports these days.

As sonicsuperstar noted, sometimes you need to toggle file sharing off then on again. A restart may help, also.

My mistake was logging each of our computers to our own Home Sharing. Once I logged both computers to the same ID and password it worked but both computers must be awake.

I've given up on SMB file sharing by Mac a long time ago. Even when it does work it is woefully slow. I use Filezilla instead. Or Cyberduck.

I fired up an old machine, installed Linux, installed NAS software on it, works fine with all of my Macs and Windows machines.

Something in Ventura stinks.

So Ventura 13.2.1 was released this afternoon. Have any of you installed it yet to see if the SMB issue is solved?

Yes, see my post on Feb 1, 2023 1:43 PM in response to tresinnoctem

Thank you! Just updated and my screen sharing/file sharing problem was solved, just had to turn off both services and restart turn them on again and it worked.

Apparently it worked for someone else: Since upgrading to OS Ventura, our comput… - Apple Community

Hahaha! Funny NOT :)

In the worst case scenario, you downgrade to Monterey (as I did).

Ok. I asked because if I activate the Firewall then File Sharing stops working in all my Sonoma Macs around the house..

Whatever. The point is, the Guest User can be used to access shares while the other users attempting to authenticate can not.