From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 10:21:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AEE816A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:21:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.acecape.com (mail1.acecape.com [66.114.74.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1785843D31 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:21:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from francisco@natserv.com) Received: from miguel (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mail1.acecape.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id hBTILsU6027883; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:21:54 -0500 Message-Id: <200312291821.hBTILsU6027883@mail1.acecape.com> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "Chris" , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:25:53 -0500 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;4) In-Reply-To: <200312291144150698.75319625@coolarrow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Websites inside jails - backing up X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Francisco Reyes List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:21:57 -0000 On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:44:15 -0600, Chris wrote: >But what about when the site is within a jail? >I notice I can get to /path/to/jail/path/to/htdocs, >so can I similarly just copy the appropriate files/directories >for backup purposes? Or is there something magical about being >"inside" the jail that makes this difficult or improper? Hopefully others with some actual jail experience will reply, but in the mean time.. My understanding of a jail is basically a way to limit access to certain directories and processes. If you have a user which can see inside the jail I think that should be fine for backup purposes.