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Date:      Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:16:28 -0700
From:      Jamie Gritton <jamie@FreeBSD.org>
To:        FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: sysctl security.jail.* descriptions
Message-ID:  <51131C8C.10605@FreeBSD.org>
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On 02/06/13 09:59, Fbsd8 wrote:
 > Fbsd8 wrote:
 >> Waitman Gobble wrote:
 >>> On Feb 6, 2013 7:17 AM, "Fbsd8" <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
 >>>> Waitman Gobble wrote:
 >>>>> On Feb 6, 2013 7:02 AM, "Fbsd8" <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
 >>>>>> Where do I find the descriptions of what these jail MIBs do?
...
 >>>>>> security.jail.param.securelevel: 0
 >>>>>> security.jail.param.path: 1024
 >>>>>> security.jail.param.name: 256
 >>>>>> security.jail.param.parent: 0
 >>>>>> security.jail.param.jid: 0
...
 >>
 >> What about the other security.jail.param.* MIBs
 >> where are they documented at?

In the jail(8) main page, there's the following tidbit:

| Jails have a set a core parameters, and kernel modules can add their
| own jail parameters. The current set of available parameters can be
| retrieved via ``sysctl -d security.jail.param''. Any parameters not
| set will be given default values, often based on the current
| environment.

The sysctls do not themselves have values. Their useful parts are the
associated types and descriptions (as well as their very existence). The
descriptions are good for the above-mentioned "sysctl -d", and the types
are used by jail(8) to know how to set a particular parameter.

> Rereading the "man jail" for 9.1 talks about securelevel as a jail
> parammeter. So correct me if I an wrong. All the
> security.jail.param.* MIBs are set in rc.conf or /etc/jail.conf file
> on a per jail bases by changing the word "parm" to the jailname?

There's not always a direct connection between the jail parameters and
the current rc.conf values. The jail parameters are what you'd use in a
jail.conf(5) file, or in the "jail_jailname_parameters" rc variable.

- Jamie



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