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Date:      Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:13:42 -0600
From:      Jamie Gritton <jamie@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Matt Burke <mattblists@icritical.com>
Cc:        freebsd-jail@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Boot-time jails (new jail)
Message-ID:  <505C9236.5030601@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <505C132B.9060000@icritical.com>
References:  <505C132B.9060000@icritical.com>

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When it says rc.conf(5) it means the file and not the man page. And "the
file" is /etc/defaults/rc.conf and not /etc/rc.conf. So it should just
say "Please refer to the ``jail_*'' variables in /etc/defaults/rc.conf."

- Jamie


On 09/21/12 01:11, Matt Burke wrote:
> Am I missing something, or if you follow the jail(8) man page (this is 9.1
> r239869 btw), do you end up with jails you can only start at boot time via
> a 'jail -c' hack in /etc/rc.local?
>
> The man page only has this to say:
>
>> It is possible to have jails started at boot time. Please refer to the
>> ``jail_*'' variables in rc.conf(5) for more information.
>
> Yet the rc.conf(5) man page makes no mention of /etc/jail.conf. In fact it
> seems the rc.d/jail script hasn't been touched since the new jail MFC and
> is incompatible with the new conf file mechanism...
>
> The last entry regarding jails in UPDATING is 20090527.
>
>
>



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