Changes on a "slave" Mac are recorded in slave-work-dir as files
called .<full-host-name>. There seem to be a slave file for each
Mac that has invoked a Spotlight search for that home directory
(e.g. using mdfind -- a GUI login is not necessary). The first
time you do an mdfind from a Mac, it can take quite a while for
that Mac to build the index (as we already know).
That's a very nice piece of detective work, and explains some of the
behaviour we've been seeing. It also reveals a number of
characteristics which could be considered a security risk.
I don't know whether you consider this good or bad news, but
Spotlight 2.0 works differently with regard to how server and client
computers index and search. Sorry, but I can't tell you any useful
details. If you have access to the developer preview of Leopard and/
or Leopard Server then you can work them out for yourself.
Simon
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Simon Slavin Fylde Building Room C11
Computing Development Officer 01524 65201 x 93569
Psychology Department
University of Lancaster
