# Fri -S fulltext search does not work with remote fastri-server

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fri-s-fulltext-search-does-not-work-with-remote-fastri-server/130948>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 4, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fri-s-fulltext-search-does-not-work-with-remote-fastri-server/130948 "2008-03-04T18:46:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![synergism](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@synergism](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/synergism)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fri-s-fulltext-search-does-not-work-with-remote-fastri-server/130948/1 "2008-03-04T18:46:01Z")

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I would like to install fastri on a server and make the fulltext index  
built there available to our whole network.

Is this broken by design? If I “fri -S” it only does a local lookup  
in ~/.fastri-fulltext.

Thanks,  
Ben