Welcome back, David!
As you stay silent about the purpose of this question, I can't figure out if my config of the prothsieve client is of any use for you.
If not, just stop reading from here on...
At university, we have approx. 30 Linux computers featuring a filesystem. Thanks to mklasson's help, I can run infinite instances (one on each computer) using only a single client copy and dat file. This really gives way for very useful yet simple scripts.