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Date:      Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:13:09 -0600
From:      Jamie Gritton <jamie@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Edwin Shao <edwin.shao@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-jail@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Tutorial for Hierarchical Jails?
Message-ID:  <4AC0FCB5.2050009@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <cf8a6aa50909281045x47e58e99y92437ffa86c72846@mail.gmail.com>
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Edwin Shao wrote:

> When I try to change the parameter, nothing happens:
> rescue /etc> sudo sysctl security.jail.param.children.max=1
> security.jail.param.children.max: 0 -> 0
> 
> rescue /etc> sudo sysctl security.jail.param.children.max
> security.jail.param.children.max: 0
> 
> Am I doing this incorrectly?

Yes.  Use jail(8) to set the parameters, not sysctl.  The 
security.jail.param.* sysctls are for reference only and have no useful 
values to get or set.  Set it with:

jail -m jid=<jid> children.max=1

Run this on the base system, i.e. not inside the jail in question.

- Jamie



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