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Date:      Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:29:54 -0500
From:      Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Map IP to users
Message-ID:  <39F34E42.61538092@buckhorn.net>
References:  <NDBBJDAGOKOGNKPLFIBPMEDDEIAA.angrick@4ward.net>

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Andy Angrick wrote:
> 
> There are some webhosting companies out there that have figure out how to
> take a freebsd box and map specific ip addresses to users. Say a box has 2
> ip addresses 10.1.1.1 and 10.1.1.2... user A is assigned 10.1.1.1 and user B
> is assigned 10.1.1.2. When user A starts up a server daemon, it only listens
> on 10.1.1.1, when user B starts up a server it only listens on 10.1.1.2.
> Does anyone know how they do this? I not talking about using inetd or
> software that can be configured to listen on specific ip addresses...that's
> a relatively easy task.
> 
> Thanks for any input
> -Andy
Sounds like they are using jail. See man jail for details.
(Note jail is only available in versions 4 newer.)

Bob Martin
-- 
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not
certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
                -- Albert Einstein


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