Search not extending to Share Point

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Search not extending to Share Point

OK so I have 5 macs one of which I use as a filer server. All running latest version of Mountain Lion.

The File Server mac I have set up some share points and applied permissions. I have owner permissions and all other users have been set read only permissions.

On the client macs I have ensured that the Share Points are not added to the Privacy tab of Spotlight. I have even added them and them removed them to force re-indexing.

So, when I go into a Share Point from a client and carry out a search, I get no results at all with the exception of when I carry out a search (as the owner user). I am thinking that the failure of the search to provide results is based on the permissions set for the user. Surely not !

Can anyone help me out with light of throw any light on it.

Thanks.

Posted on Sep 11, 2013 7:58 AM

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Linc Davis

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Sep 11, 2013 6:03 PM in response to Stefan2908

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

mdutil -as | open -ef

Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).

Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.

Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).

A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. If the command produced no output, the window will be empty. Post the contents of the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window), if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.

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Stefan2908 Author

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Sep 12, 2013 5:53 AM in response to Linc Davis

/:

Indexing enabled.

/Volumes/Aug 14 2013:

Indexing disabled.

/Volumes/C:

Indexing and searching disabled.

/Volumes/Floorserve Central:

Server search enabled.

/Volumes/__FLOORSERVE-2K3_Floorserve:

Indexing and searching disabled.

NOTE: IT IS THE FLOORSERVE CENTRAL VOLUME THAT I NEED TO SEARCH AND IT SAYS ENABLED BUT STILL NO RESULTS. THANKS.

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Linc Davis

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Sep 12, 2013 6:35 AM in response to Stefan2908

Please post the output:

ls -le /V* | open -ef

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Stefan2908 Author

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Sep 12, 2013 7:10 AM in response to Linc Davis

total 24

drwxrwxrwx 4 Simon staff 140 14 Aug 16:19 Aug 14 2013

drwxrwxrwx@ 1 Simon staff 8192 8 Sep 16:28 C

dr-x------ 1 Simon staff 330 12 Sep 14:23 Floorserve Central

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1 8 Sep 17:03 Macintosh HD -> /

drwxrwxrwx@ 1 Simon staff 0 6 Nov 2012 __FLOORSERVE-2K3_Floorserve

THANKS

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Linc Davis

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Sep 12, 2013 8:40 AM in response to Stefan2908

When another user, such as "foo", connects to the sharepoint, you should get additional lines of output from that command like the following:

dr-x------+ 1 foo  staff  ... Floorserve Central-1
 0: user:_spotlight inherited allow list,search,file_inherit,directory_inherit

That will happen only if foo connects as a registered user, not as a guest. Does it happen?

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Stefan2908 Author

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Sep 12, 2013 9:13 AM in response to Linc Davis

Sorry! Should I be following your instructions on the actual Mac where the files are stored? I had been doing the commands on a computer connecting to the share point. Thanks.

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Linc Davis

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Sep 12, 2013 10:28 AM in response to Stefan2908

No, you're doing it right.

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Stefan2908 Author

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Sep 12, 2013 1:52 PM in response to Linc Davis

Sorry again. So you want me to connect to the sharepoint with another user and while that user is connected run the command again from this computer? Sorry I don't completely understand. Thanks. If you could clarify.

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Linc Davis

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Sep 12, 2013 3:37 PM in response to Stefan2908

Maybe I haven't understood the original question. You mount the sharepoint as one user, and can search it on the client. You can't search it as another user on the client. That other user has to mount the sharepoint independently of the first one in order to search it.

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Stefan2908 Author

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Sep 13, 2013 5:53 AM in response to Linc Davis

Hi. No I think you did understand but I will try and clarify.

We have 5 computers on our network (All Macs). One of these Macs we use as a central area for file sharing with the other 4 computers connecting to the Server Mac via a share point created on the Server Mac.

On the Server Mac (Mac1) we have set up all the same user accounts as on the client Macs so all 5 Macs have the same set of users set up on them.

On the Server Mac we have set a shared folder and applied permissions for all users. Myself as the owner and all other users as read only.

So, say I connect on Mac 2 with my user account Stefan (which has been set as owner), I get search results. However say I connect on Mac 3 with a read only user account I get no search results for the share point.

I hope this gives a little more insight and thank you for your time with this.

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Linc Davis

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Sep 13, 2013 11:31 AM in response to Stefan2908

Is "Simon" one of the users who can't search?

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Stefan2908 Author

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Sep 13, 2013 11:33 AM in response to Linc Davis

Yes 🙂

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Linc Davis

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Sep 13, 2013 4:33 PM in response to Stefan2908

Spotlight will only show files that the user has permission to read. Are you sure this user has read permission for the files you expect to find? Not only the files, but also the whole folder hierarchy above them.

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