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Date:      Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:05:33 -0600
From:      James Gritton <jamie@gritton.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: rc.d/syslogd link socket to /dev/log fails in jails
Message-ID:  <542DB00D.9020908@gritton.org>
In-Reply-To: <542C600B.8030701@gmail.com>
References:  <542C600B.8030701@gmail.com>

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On 10/1/2014 2:11 PM, Johan Hendriks wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> When starting jails I always get an error like this one.
>
> ln: /dev/log: Operation not permitted
>
> I found an old BUG report with a patch that mentioned it. It also 
> explained it was for a TRANSSITIONAL period.
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179828
>
> If I apply the patch, the error is gone, and everything works like it 
> should.

Nice find!  There's no reason I can think not to drop that in to get
rid of a constant (if harmless) annoyance.

As to the transitional period note ... yeah it says that, but I doubt
it means it :-).

- Jamie



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