[Samba] samba multiple instances

[devzero at web.de]

Hi !
I want to run 2 samba instances on my linux server.
the server has 2 ip adresses and i made 2 different smb.conf`s (2 different netbios-names/workgroups bound to specific interfaces -
params "interfaces" , "bind interfaces only" and "socket address")
furthermore i cloned the start/stopscripts (cp smb/nmb  to smb2/nmb2) to use that different smb.conf`s.

but that doesnt work perfect - i can connect to the different ip`s and have 2 smbd`s serving files - but i wonder about the
following:

- i have no clue how to make samba instance #1 use /var/lib/samba and instance #2 use /var/lib/samba2 for their TDB backend files.
also nmbd writes a browse.dat - so - we have concurrent access on that file if 2 nmbd`s are running, right?
hardcoded paths ?

- i have no clue why nmbd binds to IP #1 or #2  AND to 0.0.0.0:138 THOUGH i configured bind interfaces only (bug?). that must be the
reason why browsing doesn`t work when 2 instances are up and running.

can someone help me with this ?

i`m sure that multi-instance of samba should work in general - but there seem to be some bells and whistles.....

regards
roland