From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 17:42:12 2010 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 C13471065670 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:42:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AD778FC20 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws19 with SMTP id 19so7810761vws.13 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:42:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.125.38 with SMTP id w38mr3597404vcr.49.1279647728550; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:42:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (c-67-189-160-65.hsd1.ny.comcast.net [67.189.160.65]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d24sm1680174vcs.46.2010.07.20.10.42.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:42:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9F6E1E5484D for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:42:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:42:05 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100720134205.3168f4f1@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4C452644.6060508@comclark.com> References: <4C452644.6060508@comclark.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: new jail utility is available. announcement. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:42:12 -0000 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:29:56 +0800 Aiza articulated: > This is a news announcement to inform people who have interest in jails, > that a new jail utility is available. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjail/ > > Has a file suitable for the pkg_add command or the port make files can > be downloaded and a "make install" run. > > > Qjail [ q = quick ] is a 4th generation wrapper for the basic chroot > jail system that includes security and performance enhancements. Plus a > new level of "user friendliness" enhancements dealing with deploying > just a few jails or large jail environments consisting of 100's of > jails. Qjail requires no knowledge of the jail command usage. > > It uses "nullfs" for read-only system binaries, sharing one copy of > them with all the jails. > > Uses "mdconfig" to create sparse image jails. Sparse image jails > provide a method to limit the total disk space a jail can consume, > while only occupying disk space of the sum size of the files in > the image jail. > > Ability to assign ip address with their network device name, > so aliases are auto created on jail start and auto removed on jail stop. > > Ability to create "ZONE"s of identical qjail systems, each with > their own group of jails. > > Ability to designate a portion of the jail name as a group prefix so > the command being executed will apply to only those jail names > matching that prefix. > > Qjail reduces the complexities of small and large jail deployments to > the novice level. Qjail has a fully documented manpage written for easy > comprehension. Details are given to felicitate the use of qjail's > capabilities to the fullest extent possible. There presently does not exist a port for this, or at least I could not find one. Is someone going to create a port? -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Sadoequinecrophilia, n.: Beating a dead horse.