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Date:      Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:32:00 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/48095: Manual page for jail(8) does not mention mounting devfs under jail.
Message-ID:  <20030210213200.GD11444@gothmog.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20030209212448.X866@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz>
References:  <200302092050.h19KoEKx020142@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030209212448.X866@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz>

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On 2003-02-09 21:26, Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> >  # Jailed processes that need devices should have some sort of access
> >  # to /dev nodes when they are inside the jail, imho.  It is then up to
> >  # the administrator to choose how to implement this.  Either by
> >  # mounting devfs under the /jail/dev directory or by manually calling
> >  # MAKEDEV or mknod to create only those devices that are absolutely
> >  # necessary.
>
> MAKEDEV has gone the way of the dodo in -current, so it shouldn't be
> mentioned. I have successfully created devices in a chroot environment
> with mknod in -current, and they survive reboot. I haven't tried it with a
> jail yet though.

Ehm, I know, but I somehow forgot.  We should only document devfs
then.  Thanks for reminding me that DEVFS is mandatory now.

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