Sharepoint Search doesn't work

Question

Platform: MOSS 2007 on server 2008

Sharepoint is working etc...

Problem: When you search for something, it doesn't find anything, no errors.

Authentication and permissions look fine. Search service is up and running.

What could be the problem? Any checkpoints I might have missed, any bad configurations I should check, etc...?

Answer 1

• You should start with checking the crawl log files. That will probably give some valuable information.
• Also double check that the SSP is set up correctly, with a valid content source setup, valid starting addresses, schedule etc.
• Make sure that no crawl rules prohibit any searches.
• And lastly, no 3rd party/custom security trimmers installed that prohibit results to be shown.