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Q: spotlight search on share on os x server

Hello.

 

We have a Mac Mini (2 GHz i7 with 16 GB RAM) with OS X 10.10.5 and OS X Server 5.0.15

 

We have found, that the users get no reults when they do a search for files in the shared folders.

However, if I log ind with the administrator account, it works perfectly.

 

So the administrator can find files, the other users can't.

 

I assume, that Spotlight has a database somewhere outside of the shared folders, which is why the users can't access it?

 

How can I enable spotlight to work for other users than the administrator?

 

Kind regards

 

Peter  

Posted on Jul 7, 2016 4:05 AM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jul 7, 2016 9:52 AM in response to peterr@mac.com
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    Jul 7, 2016 9:52 AM in response to peterr@mac.com

    Is there a folder at /var/db/Spotlight-V100 on the client? What are its permissions, including the contents?

  • by peterr@mac.com,

    peterr@mac.com peterr@mac.com Jul 7, 2016 11:21 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jul 7, 2016 11:21 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Hello Linc

     

    I'm not sure what you mean by client ... is the client the users computer or the server. I assume it is the users computer.

     

    I'm not at the office right now, but I can connect to the server via afp .... I guess that makes my MBP a client? If so ... I have a folder named Spotlight at /private/var/db/ ... but not spotlight-V100

     

    Also ... if I connect to the server with my administrator account, I do get search results, but if I connect with a regular user account, I get no search results.

     

    Did this answer your question?

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Peter

  • by peterr@mac.com,

    peterr@mac.com peterr@mac.com Jul 7, 2016 11:42 PM in response to peterr@mac.com
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    Jul 7, 2016 11:42 PM in response to peterr@mac.com

    And the same thing on the server ... /private/var/db/Spotlight .... no Spotlight-V100

     

    On my MBP as well as on the server, the Spotlight Folder is marked with the little red "no access" sign.

     

    "System" has Read & Write access, "Everyone" has No Access

     

     

     

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jul 8, 2016 5:06 AM in response to peterr@mac.com
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    Jul 8, 2016 5:06 AM in response to peterr@mac.com

    A bug in some versions of OS X may prevent a network volume from being searched by users other than the owner. If you're affected by the bug, you may be able to work around it by creating a sharing-only user on the server. Make the user the owner of all files on the sharepoint. The clients should all mount it with the credentials of that user.