Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:07:24 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "Kutulu" <kutulu@kutulu.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <016101c16917$1eb92920$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <15330.6606.417524.41024@guru.mired.org><002b01c1635f$5a5f4300$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15330.14419.809266.281360@guru.mired.org> <007e01c1636e$97016d10$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011108021537.E79276@hades.hell.gr> <002801c1682c$818807b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011108154407.B2965@hades.hell.gr> <009801c1688d$0b18d9e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <01af01c168c7$d0d70e60$88682518@longhill1.md.home.com>
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Is this in any way related to the virtual server environment offered by many web-hosting companies? Or is that something more elaborate? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kutulu" <kutulu@kutulu.org> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>; "Giorgos Keramidas" <charon@labs.gr>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 03:39 Subject: Re: Re[2]: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> > To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <charon@labs.gr>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:39 PM > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD > > > > Giorgos writes: > > > > > If the need for Telnet arises (someone who > > > doesn't have an SSH client on their Windows > > > box), I have set up a jail ... > > > > What's a jail? (Apart from the common definition, of course--I assume > this is > > something special in FreeBSD.) > > A jail is a chroot'd environment whereby the processes running with it are > restricted in what resources (primarily files/directories, but also sockets > and such) they will be able to see. Anything outside of the virtual root of > the jail is not only inaccessable, but won't even appear to exist to > processes running inside the jail. Examples you'll probably recognize are > the "sandbox" people often run BIND in, or the FTP anonymous root directory. > > --K > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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