10.5 Finder search windows no longer find files!!!!

We have a new X Serve with OS 10.5 Server and Three Macs running OS 10.5 Family pack. The X Serve holds all of our work files. The other Macs are simply work stations. Up until recently we have been able to search the X Serve for files by typing in a 5 digit job number. (All of our jobs are saved in this manner) But starting last Thursday, the search windows return no results. We have double checked that the server is checked and that we're searching the right location. We can even go and manually retrieve the file IF we know what it's called and what folder it's in. Even when we are looking at the file, residing in the folder, typing the file's name in the search window results in "0 items". The file is there! I can can find it, why can't Leopard?

I would suggest that you post your question in the [Xserve forum|http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=854].

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Hey Reoh,
Thank you for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
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We have a new X Serve with OS 10.5 Server and Three Macs running OS 10.5 Family pack. The X Serve holds all of our work files. The other Macs are simply work stations. Up until recently we have been able to search the X Serve for files by typing in a 5 digit job number. (All of our jobs are saved in this manner) But starting last Thursday, the search windows return no results. We have double checked that the server is checked and that we're searching the right location. We can even go and manually retrieve the file IF we know what it's called and what folder it's in. Even when we are looking at the file, residing in the folder, typing the file's name in the search window results in "0 items". The file is there! I can can find it, why can't Leopard?

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[A tedious description of various experiments, failing attempts to sort this problem omitted here.]
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