Hello.
I am currently in a hotel room and noticed other people's computers with their file shares opened. I am concerned if mine is opened or not. How do I disable my MacBook Pro's Mac OS X 10.8.3? Its firewall is enabled.
Thank you in advance. 🙂
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 13.3" MacBook Pro (9,2/MD102ll/A)
To make sure that File Sharing is turned off on your computer, open System Preferences > Sharing, press the padlock at the bottom left of the window, type your password, and unmark "File Sharing" in the sidebar. However, unless you have modified File Sharing settings, File Sharing is only turned on by default for the Public folder, so there's nothing to worry
mende1 wrote:
To make sure that File Sharing is turned off on your computer, open System Preferences > Sharing, press the padlock at the bottom left of the window, type your password, and unmark "File Sharing" in the sidebar. However, unless you have modified File Sharing settings, File Sharing is only turned on by default for the Public folder, so there's nothing to worry
It's all unchecked. Do I assume the computer doesn't show up on network?
In this case, your Mac may appear in other computers, but they won't access to any folder on your Mac. Apart from that, other PCs should need a username and a password to access to the computer
mende1 wrote:
In this case, your Mac may appear in other computers, but they won't access to any folder on your Mac. Apart from that, other PCs should need a username and a password to access to the computer
Thanks. I wished there was a way not to have my computer show up on LAN if possible.
You are welcome
Interesting. chmod -R 700 on accounts make Time Machine's backups a full size (90 GB). Sheesh! 😟
How to disable file sharing on network?
