High Sierra network issue

By | January 4, 2018

Full article here.

Newer servers use SMB2/3 which has packet signing turn on. The net result is that copied/moved/renamed files never finalize the process.  2 sets of instructions below
based on whether or not there already exists an nsmb.conf file or not.

If your macOS computer has a /etc/nsmb.conf file

  1. Open the /etc/nsmb.conf file.
  2. Set the signing_required value to “no,” like this:
    [default]
    signing_required=no
  3. Save the /etc/nsmb.conf file.
  4. Disconnect and then reconnect any mounted SMB shares to make the changes take effect.

If your macOS computer doesn’t have an /etc/nsmb.conf file

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Use these commands to create an /etc/nsmb.conf file that has a signing_required value that’s set to “no”:
    sudo -s
    echo "[default]" >> /etc/nsmb.conf
    echo "signing_required=no" >> /etc/nsmb.conf
    exit
  3. Disconnect and then reconnect any mounted SMB shares to make the changes take effect.