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Wando64

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With my iPad I can connect to my Mac admin account Using Files without any problem, however when I try to connect to my wife’s standard account, it always says that the user or password are incorrect. They are very much correct so that isn’t the problem.
Any suggestions as to what the reason for this could be?
Thanks
 

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With my iPad I can connect to my Mac admin account Using Files without any problem, however when I try to connect to my wife’s standard account, it always says that the user or password are incorrect. They are very much correct so that isn’t the problem.
Any suggestions as to what the reason for this could be?
Thanks
Are both the Mac and the iPad up-to-date?
 

Wando64

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I have experimented more with both my Macs and managed to get this working on the mbp (Late 2015, Mojave) but still no joy in accessing a Standard account on the Mini (Late 2012, Mojave). I can access the Admin Mini account but not a Standard account on the same machine. Probably time to ask Apple support.
 

Wando64

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I found the solution to this problem:

Make sure users can access the SMB server
  1. Run the following Terminal command on the SMB server to see if access is restricted to specific users:
    dscl . read /Groups/com.apple.access_smb
  2. Determine the user's GUID:
    dscl /Search read /Users/<username> GeneratedUID
  3. Add the user to the SMB service access control list (SACL):
    sudo dscl /Local/Default append Groups/com.apple.access_smb GroupMembership <username>
    sudo dscl /Local/Default append Groups/com.apple.access_smb GroupMembers <guid>
If you want to remove the SACL, use the following Terminal command:
sudo dscl /Local/Default delete /Groups/com.apple.access_smb
 
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