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Spotlight on server (shared folder) - works on server not works on client

Hi all,

i'm struggling to make a shared folder on Yosemite Server (last version) searchable by spotlight on client (Yosemite, last version).

On Server Spotlight works like a charm.

On iMac clients spotlight not search (in that shared network folder).

Any help, please ?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 25, 2015 1:05 AM

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Posted on May 25, 2015 5:06 AM

As far as I can tell, to mitigate server load, Spotlight on clients only searches network volumes if you double-click 'Show all in Finder...' and then chose the 'Shared' button.


If this is not working, the most probable cause is that the way you are creating/mounting the share is not giving the client read access to the associated Spotlight database.


C.

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May 25, 2015 5:06 AM in response to fadrianoc

As far as I can tell, to mitigate server load, Spotlight on clients only searches network volumes if you double-click 'Show all in Finder...' and then chose the 'Shared' button.


If this is not working, the most probable cause is that the way you are creating/mounting the share is not giving the client read access to the associated Spotlight database.


C.

Spotlight on server (shared folder) - works on server not works on client

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