Search Machine for Ubuntu machine

[Ted Hilts]

Jim Rosser wrote:
> Im pretty sure google desktop would be the closest to what hes looking 
> for, i think it even does look through text files, the only thing i 
> dont know would be setting it up throughout a local lan but im sure it 
> could be done.
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Carl Friis-Hansen 
> <ubuntuuser at carl-fh.com <mailto:ubuntuuser at carl-fh.com>> wrote:
>
>     Karl Larsen wrote:
>     > Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct. wrote:
>     >>  I have Ubuntu 7.10 and would like to get an open source search
>     engine
>     >> which I can use on this machine.  I would like to tell it what hard
>     >> drive and/or directory to search and tell it to search for a
>     file and/or
>     >> contents of a file.  It would also be nice if it was written in
>     perl or
>     >> java or java script or python or some other script or language
>     but not
>     >> compiled.  Even a bash shell with bash commands. Also, I would
>     like it
>     >> to be a server so clients from other machines (like XP) could
>     access the
>     >> search  domain.  I suppose I could use a browser as client
>     which gives
>     >> Apache a CGI script with the results back to the browser but I  am
>     >> hoping not to develop  this application but rather (at least
>     initially)
>     >> to pick up a search application ready to go.
>     >>
>     >> Thanks -- Ted.
>     >>
>     >     Open a Terminal and type locate filename
>     >
>     > Karl
>
>     That's a possibility, but the original poster wanted some sort of
>     search
>     engine that is accessible from other computers on the network
>     using web
>     browser. Also, locate alone will not work, because he wants to find
>     certain text within the found files.
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Jim Rosser

You are correct about my concern to have both XP and Linux clients as 
well as the Ubuntu server that can also run as it's own client.

I'm not sure if SSH would provide the client pathways to and from the 
server while passing parameters to the Ubuntu server? I read somewhere 
that XP has it's own SSH but this is a bit over my head which is why I 
was thinking of using web browsers for the clients.  Maybe the 
suggestion to use the find and locate options for the server could be 
contained in a bash CGI file running off Apache web server with the 
results sent back to the client requesting the search. I've done this 
with a postgres database a long time ago and have forgotten most of the 
effort.  I used perl at that time because of the many options.  
Certainly it is true that to use just the find and locate options 
restricts the search to the Ubuntu machine and I do want to use some 
kind of client arrangement.

Thanks -- Ted