Cannot setup SMB sharing on Yosemite

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Cannot setup SMB sharing on Yosemite

I just did a clean install of Yosemite and am slowly recreating my previous setup. However I cannot get SMB sharing to work.

I turned File Sharing on, my Macbook drive is listed under shared folders then I go into Options and enable SMB. BUT in the section of this window called Windows File Sharing where I am supposed to select the account to be used for sharing (and then enter my password) my account is listed but greyed out and cannot be edited.

I booted back into my backup from before I reinstalled and the setup looks identical except the section is editable.

See screenshot (I have blanked out my account name but it is there). But see I cant click the On button - the whole section is greyed:

Is there something else I need to do to enable this section? Or is it a Yosemite issue?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 25, 2014 7:38 PM

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Kirilan

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Oct 29, 2014 11:24 AM in response to mbriody

Hi !

I had the same problem, and I fixed by changing the way the password works in Yosemite:

When I updated to Yosemite, I configured the appleID user and password. It seems Windows share is not working fine with this. Then I changed to "separate password" in "System Preferences"->"Users & Groups"->"Change Password". Once I change that, it worked.

I hope this works for you.

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mbriody Author

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Nov 6, 2014 2:39 AM in response to Kirilan

OMG thank you so much - that fixed it!!!!

Apple didn't even know how to fix this.

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Nov 6, 2014 4:22 PM in response to Kirilan

Ah, same thing here... So, is there an advantage to using the iCloud login that we are now missing because we switched to a separate log in... i.e. is there some sort of iCloud integration that may not work now? Or is this just a convenience feature so you only need one password?

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rojo20

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May 22, 2015 4:59 PM in response to mbriody

Worked for me too. Thanks mbriody! Much appreciated.

Good question, Goldtop...

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sr59899

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Jun 14, 2015 10:43 AM in response to mbriody

Same problem here. And changing it to use "Seperate Password" worked for me too! Now I can access my Mac shared folders with my Windows PC. To keep things simple, I made my "Seperate Password" the same as my iCloud password.

This appears to be a bug in Yosemite. At least it isn't explained anywhere why that Windows File Sharing checkbox was grayed out.

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