How do I add a server to the spotlight list?

Question

I have a lot of data on a server. Looking for files would be easy with spotlight, but I didn't find a way to add the server to the list of places, spotlight is searching at. Does anyone know a solution for that?

Answer 1

Are you talking about AFP file sharing? I can't speak to OS 9 (it has been so long since I've used it), but with OS X, once you have made your connection via ⌘k (Go>Connect to server) or ⇧⌘K (Go>Network) and have logged in to the remote computer, you can drag its network disk icon (that is mounted/displayed on your desktop) onto your dock. Then in the future, all you gotta do is click on the icon on the dock. Bypasses manual entry of selecting which mount point to choose (if more than one present) and (if not storing passwords in your keychain) username/password entry. Or you can make an alias of it (⌘L) and accomplish the same thing. BTW, at least in OS X, if you enter the computer's LAN name (that which is displayed in its sys prefs sharing computer name field) in response to the ⌘k, that works; you don't need to remember by LAN IPA. Of course, you have to have enabled sys prefs > sharing > file sharing, added the appropriate folders to share, with whom what users you are willing to share what folder, and the folder sharing permissions.