Big Sur Beta 7 breaks SMB?

App & System Services Core OS macOS Beta

michis_0806 OP

Created Sep ’20

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After the upgrade from Beta 6 to Beta 7 I am not able to connect to any smb-shares any more. I tried it with a Windows Server, Synology DriveStation and a Debian implementation. I'm directly getting the message Error with connection.

Answered by TyngJJ in 631059022

Unredacting the logs reveals the issue, insufficient permissions to load the kernel extension. Just run this (once):
sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext

Edit: filed as FB8628919

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pipposkiz OP

Nov ’20

I have the same issue, but I've noticed that happens with servers with Windows Server 2008. With more recent versions it works.

cathy_welsh1 OP

Feb ’21

The commands are not working for me. I have 2 other MACS that are using ElCapitan, and Catalina, and they both are able to connect to SMB Synology share CDMSNAS but the Macbook Air with Big Sur 11.1 does not see CDMSNAS on the network, but if I do the Go to Server and enter the smb://IP address, it sees it fine.

When is this going to be fixed. I am very disappointed in this release so far, entirely too many problems.