Re: [WinMac] Sherlock 2.1 and NT Mac volumes

Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]mail.rochester.edu)
Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:52:28 -0500

At 04:16 PM 11/23/1999 +0100, Patrik Moria wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We've just upgraded to Mac OS 8.6 & Sherlock 2.1. The 'find by
> content' option of Sherlock seems to
>be based on the same principle as a small but very useful application we
>used on our old macs, called
>'On location'. The problem with Sherlock is that - apparently - it can't
>index files on mounted Mac
>volumes on NT servers, a possibility that On location did have. On
>location on the other hand seems to
>be incompatible with MAC OS 8.6. (and is no longer supported).
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to index files on NT servers with
> Sherlock (client side) ? Or
>know some other way around it ?

This article may shed some light.
http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n24964

It's about AppleShare servers but it contains a useful bit of information.
"When a volume is indexed from within the Sherlock application an invisible
index file is written to the root level of that volume." So, if you don't
have write permission there, you can't index it. The article suggests that
the invisible file is used by all sherlock clients so maybe one person with
write permission on the volumes can create the indexes and everyone else
can use them.

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