Ahhh - thanks! I found the lock dir and pid dir param but must have missed the private dir param when searching the smb.conf manpage. maybe i had an outdated manpage?
i give it a try. it`s strange that google gives me "only" 365 hits when searching for <"private dir" smb.conf> (there are thousands of smb.conf documents out there on the net! is that a brand new param ? so - only one issue left : > > - 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. :) regards roland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herb Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [Samba] samba multiple instances > check out the following smb.conf parameters > > private dir > lock directory > pid directory > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
