Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:52:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Stephen Cook <sclists@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "hosts" file for jails (ezjail) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408242031510.2348@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <53FA92E1.7000300@gmail.com> References: <53FA92E1.7000300@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2014, Stephen Cook wrote: > Is there a way to get a bunch of jails (I'm using ezjail) to share the same > hosts file, preferably one stored somewhere on the host OS? I tried putting a > symlink in the "flavour" template but when a jail is created with that the > symlink within the jail pointed to itself and gave me some sort of recursive > error when I tried to "cat" it. > > I'd like to be able to update the file when I add a new jail, and have the > others able to connect to it by whatever stupid name I give it, without > editing all those different hosts files. But I suspect the whole point of > jails being kept separate from the host filesystem might be in my way. Could you run a local DNS server? Of course, it would need to be started before the jails. Or, if in a jail, that jail would need to be started first.
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