Samba not working on Sequoia

Upgraded to macOS Sequoia and cannot get 'connect to server' function in Finder to work (connecting my M1 mac mini to itself). I did 'sudo launchctl start com.apple.smbd' and then 'sudo launchctl list | grep smbd' and it shows /usr/sbin/smbd is running. When I attempt to connect to server I get a popup window which says "There was a problem connecting to the server 'Macmini.local'. The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time". I tried connecting to my macmini's IP address also and no luck. I reinstalled macOS Sequoia from a bootable USB but still no luck. File sharing and samba enabled under System Settings. Any ideas?

Mac mini, macOS 15.0

Posted on Sep 20, 2024 9:08 AM

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Cochonfou

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Posted on Sep 26, 2024 10:26 PM

Hello, it seems that for whatever reason, the way of resolving the SMB hostnames has changed on Sequoia, at least on my computer.

I used to connect to a NAS at smb://MyCloud-UT6A4L.lan on Sonoma, now I need to connect to smb://MyCloud-UT6A4L._smb._tcp.local

Likewise, if I want to connect the computer to itself like you tried, and even if the sharing parameters point me to connect to smb://mbp-de-matthieu.lan, I actually need to connect to smb://Macbook Pro de Matthieu._smb._tcp.local (including whitespaces !)

I haven't found yet the syntax to connect through IP addresses.

Looking around the internet, it seems that this ._smb._tcp.local suffix has existed before Sequoia, so I assume it has been a valid syntax for some time, but that there is currently a bug with the "regular" (and more straightforward) SMB syntax.

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Sep 20, 2024 12:44 PM in response to etresoft

The point is to test SMBD! Because it was not working from a remote system.

Sep 21, 2024 7:30 AM in response to erickdobrasil

I also tried booting into 'safe mode' as suggested by Apple support but this did not work either.

Sep 21, 2024 10:26 AM in response to James CH Henderson

Good suggestion but I should have mentioned my firewall is off.

Sep 21, 2024 3:29 PM in response to Barney-15E

Yes, full disk access is toggled on.

Sep 27, 2024 8:02 AM in response to etresoft

I am trying to access my M2 mac mini running Sequoia from my iPhone using the Files app (connect to server). Both systems updated to latest releases.

Sep 27, 2024 10:40 PM in response to Cochonfou

That is Bonjour / ZeroConf syntax. It's how device can find each other without DNS.

Sep 28, 2024 1:28 AM in response to erickdobrasil

It seems like a network configuration issue specific to macOS Sequoia. Even though SMB is running, something's blocking the connection.

srutz

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8 points

Sep 28, 2024 7:56 PM in response to Barney-15E

Crying to Apple definitely proves my point - just have to win.

Barney-15E

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Sep 29, 2024 1:03 AM in response to srutz

srutz wrote:

Crying to Apple definitely proves my point - just have to win.

I haven’t mentioned Apple in any responses to you. Why are you here? You seem to just be doubling down on the FUD.

l4kr411

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8 points

Oct 24, 2024 2:37 AM in response to Barney-15E

MacOS is deprecating APF in favor of Samba. Windows uses nothing except Samba. Please where did you get your information?

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