Metadata Server says content indexing is disabled, how to enable?

My Spotlight has been hobbled for some time... I just downloaded and ran Spotless 2, and it says:
The Metadata Server is reporting that content indexing is DISABLED for the volume Macintosh HD but the volume itself is reporting that the content indexing status is set to ENABLED.
Spotless tried to enable indexing, but could not.
Spotlight finds some things, but not everything... mds ran after I tried adding my drive to the Privacy settings and then removing it... and mdiutil says Indexing disabled no matter what:
$ sudo mdutil -i on /
Indexing disabled.
What should I do?

Here's Apple's Official Response on the subject:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2446

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