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Date:      Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:19:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
To:        Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/jail jail.8
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030626171934.67134A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030626204157.GTV246.out004.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net>

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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Mike Makonnen wrote:

> >   When pointing users at mount_devfs to populate the /dev of a jail,
> >   tell them that they also need to use devfs rules to prevent
> >   inappropriate devices from appearing in the jail; add an Xref.  In
> >   earlier versions of this man page, the user was instructed to use
> >   sh MAKEDEV jail, which only created a minimal set of device nodes.
> 
> Just an FYI, I'm working on an rc.subr(8) routine (part of an extention
> to rc.d/jail I'm working on) that will mount and minimally populate a
> devfs partition. Users can then rely on a "standard" and safe way of
> doing this kind of thing. 

Ah, wonderful!  That is indeed just what we need.

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org      Network Associates Laboratories




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