Mac OS X Server: Spotlight may not find all files on a mounted file share if there are nested share points

  • Last Modified: September 30, 2009
  • Article: TS2954

Symptoms

If Spotlight indexing is enabled on share points that are nested inside each other, Spotlight searches performed on client Macs may give inconsistent results.

Products Affected

Mac OS X Server 10.5, Mac OS X Server 10.6

Resolution

Create a Spotlight index for only the top-level share point.

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