Search results file share content only available within network
Tony Malandain
you have to create a server name mapping.
Go to http://<yourserver>/_layouts/1033/SearchSettings.aspx
in the 1st section: General Content Settings and Indexing Status
you'll see a server name mappings link. That were you can do it.
Don't forget to reindex your content source after making the changes.
/Tony.
Niels wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm quite new to SPS (v2), only a month of experience, so if my questions are newbie questions, sorry for your trouble.
>
> I've configured ideing and searching and I am getting good results. However results form the file share I've indexed are returned as UNC's. the links to those results are formatted as UNC's. From inside the network there is no problem, but if I want to download or open the docs over the internet they won't open, even if I have a VPN connection to the network.
>
> Is there a way around this, to publish the search results as a URL or else?
>
> thanks for your help
>
> Niels
>
>
Jonas
If I have a shared folder (called demo) in C drive.
What should I specify in the server name mappings page.
Address in index: ?
Address in search results: ?
Please help. Thank you
>.
>
Jonas
How can I expose the \\servername\share as an
http://servername/location
For example,
Address in index: \\servername\share
Address in search results: ???
Please help.
>-----Original Message-----
>Tony was correct, but didn't explain completely:
>
>What needs to be done first is to expose the
\\servername\share as an http://servername/location.
Then, the mapping will work. This is the only way to make
these files available externally.
>
>Chris
>
> ----- Brad wrote: -----
>
> I have the same question. Can you give me an example
what the entry would look like?
>
> Address in index: ?
> Address in search results: ?
>
>.
>
Tony Malandain
You need to have a web server installed on the server where the network
share is. Then create a virtual directory on that web server pointing to
the same location (shared folder).
You don't need to have the same name for the virtual directory and the
shared folder.
The drawback of that configuration is that you will have to expose 2
servers if you have SPS configured for an extranet access.
An alternate solution is to have the web server on the SPS server
pointing to that shared folder. In that case, make sure that newly
created virtual directory is not managed by SPS.
/Tony.