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Date:      Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:41:56 -0400
From:      Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/jail jail.8
Message-ID:  <20030626204157.GTV246.out004.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net>
In-Reply-To: <200306261904.h5QJ4Fdm085354@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200306261904.h5QJ4Fdm085354@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:04:15 -0700 (PDT)
Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote:

> rwatson     2003/06/26 12:04:15 PDT
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     usr.sbin/jail        jail.8 
>   Log:
>   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.

Cheers.
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