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Spotlight is a server-side feature of HFS+ shares. <br />
SMB does not offer Spotlight, as far as I know.<br />
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So, use a decent server.. ;-)
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Spotlight is a server-side feature of HFS+ shares.
SMB does not offer Spotlight, as far as I know.

So, use a decent server.. ;-)

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I have a few SMB shares on an SBS 2003 server that i need to be able to search somehow either using Spotlight or otherwise.<br />
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I have searched on the internet and found no suitable solutions.
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I have a few SMB shares on an SBS 2003 server that i need to be able to search somehow either using Spotlight or otherwise.

I have searched on the internet and found no suitable solutions.

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