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Summary:
Spotlight indexing never completes on NFS home directories.

system.log shows 

mds[33]: (Syndication.Warning:91) Couldn't dearchive index from '/home/students/hmc_2015/samhill/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/archived-index.mds' (-1)
mds[33]: (DiskStore.Warning:967) MLMailFlagsFixUp repair issued for 0 items
mds[33]: (DiskStore.Warning:967) MLMailReadFixUp repair issued for 0 items
mds[33]: (Syndication.Warning:91) Couldn't dearchive index from '/home/students/hmc_2015/samhill/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/archived-index.mds' (-1)

Starting indexing again using "mdutil -E /path/to/home" results in many error messages similar to 

kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(86318) deny file-read-data /home/students/hmc_2015/samhill/Library/Safari/TopSites.plist

in system.log.

Searches for files on physical hard drive on the machine succeed. Searches for files in home directory do not.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up a machine with NFS mounted home directories running Mac OS X 10.9 or 10.10
2. Log in as a user with an NFS-mounted home directory
3. Attempt to use Spotlight


Expected Results:
Spotlight should index the home directory and return results.  It worked in Mac OS X 10.8, but appears to be broken in 10.9 on.

Actual Results:
Spotlight fails for files on NFS-mounted home directory; works for files on hard drive.

Version:
simony: 10.10.1/14B25
abraxas: 10.9.5/13F34

Notes:


Configuration:
simony: iMac9,1, Serial Number QP9380AV0TM
abraxas: iMac14,2 Serial Number D25NH08ZF8J9