[Samba] samba multiple instances

[Herb Lewis]

check out the following smb.conf parameters

	private dir
	lock directory
	pid directory


devzero at web.de wrote:
> 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
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