Unable to Enable "File Sharing"

raamanaraamana
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014


Mac Geniuses,


 


I am in this strange situation where I can't enable "File Sharing" on my macbook pro, 


either by selecting the SystemPreferences > Sharing > File Sharing


or using the terminal commands


cd /System/Library/CoreServices/AppleFileServer.app/Contents/MacOS


sudo ./AppleFileServer


 


When I click on File Sharing checkbox, it just doesn't click no matter what. Even with FireWall turned off :(


 


 


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Any idea whats going on? All I want to do is to make some folders available to my iMac from this MBP...


 


Thanks for the help!


 


Reddy

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 1
    robmrobm Posts: 1,068member
    fwiw - I never use file sharing but rather use the network connection available from the Finder.
    Command -K >choose Browse>choose the computer you want to connect to>enter name and password.
    Don't connect as a guest but rather as admin using the appropriate user and password for the machine.
    U R In.
    Try that.
    The only reasons I can think of why you can't connect using share is that afp (apple file sharing protocol) hasn't for some reason started up.
    You may also need to correct permissions using Disc Utility, found in Apps>Utilities. Choose your drive, typically some long alpha numeric at the top of the list and repair disc privileges and permissions.
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