From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 12 13:27:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B560106566C for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:27:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com (mail-fx0-f224.google.com [209.85.220.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC49E8FC13 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:27:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so1431065fxm.43 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:27:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=vgUNjJZ8/nyx0PtxJEW+ecv928AQaFt020DUIflKsyY=; b=lvjkv7EqJmNRTcO1doiu0cHgH5un4Vx9lkJ4v8Y6SlsmYpBOzszv7sbw5DDMlxsS9H oJu9T8BNpbwqhjUTgIUGvujXbJ2F9pFJEySBuJIAi2iOe+8n7MQBidQISMfM20tjkleJ 7Z8NtfSMDa2UQdsqrtIx6513ddZsq8Ip6hLXM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HxalvXxViu41/YcEMEPStewNC1dI2kLuRSzaY62Z6sipZfKAtR/EOg8Df4vRqKw8T+ 8hS99GQSm5KD7PUNUqKIM2iRBSz7p5XpC6p91vA4pADSjWC2jRMOJ0ZtYcOmJeAwasyr sFJj+cqpV8xgGMfvObU9B598xe06oslMNpM+U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.61.9 with SMTP id r9mr4105317bkh.76.1247405243653; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:27:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:27:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310907120627m2f7a509dv9d4347a940129293@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Diego Montalvo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Make a FreeBSD instance within FreeBSD with Jail... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:27:25 -0000 On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Diego Montalvo wrote: > I had a hosting company which allowed me to run my own apps in an > instance of a "jail" what if I wanted to make a dynamic "jail" that > has its predefined softwares installed? The jail(8) utility creates virtualized instances of an operating system. The structure of the actual jail is a simple directory [1]. > How does one go about > duplicating this dynamically? cpio(1) may be what you are looking for [2]. [1] - http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails-build.html [2] - http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cpio&sektion=1&apropos=0&manpath=freebsd -- Glen Barber