search a sharepoint

You probably don't have the correct ACL set for your file shares to allow Spotlight through to index the directories. If you do an ls -le in the parent directory your file share needs to have an ACL that looks like this…

1: user:_spotlight inherited allow list,search,file_inherit,directory_inherit

Once you have this Spotlight will be able to index your file share correctly and results returnable from a client system.

When you look at the sharepoint using the Server App, you should see this:

More specifically.. If your sharepoint is at the path of /Groups/Management and you issue this from Terminal (directly on the server)

ls -ale /Groups/Management

One of the lines returned should be:

1: user:_spotlight inherited allow list,search,file_inherit,directory_inherit

If you don't see this, its easy to add..

sudo chmod -R +a# 1 "_spotlight allow list,search,file_inherit,directory_inherit" /Groups/Management

Watch out for spaces in the name.

If you do have spaces or are unsure how to type the path, then enter

sudo chmod -R +a# 1 "_spotlight allow list,search,file_inherit,directory_inherit"   {read next line}

and before you hit enter, drag the sharepoint folder to the Terminal window to auto-fill the path.

Then hit return.

You also need to make sure spotlight is enabled for the drive which stores your sharepoint.

Check status of all drives with

sudo mdutil -s /Volumes/*

To enable for your startup drive:

sudo mdutil -i on /

If the sharepoint is on another volume.

sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/Drivename

Hope that helps.