Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:41:06 -0400 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Hoffmann <trh411@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jail(8) - jail versus prison Message-ID: <20140329174106.GU1672@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <CAB7-odnWr%2BZ1iF4OPS=GjUo3MtO2ZR4QFscwwZE0o=fbiVA4zg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAB7-odnWr%2BZ1iF4OPS=GjUo3MtO2ZR4QFscwwZE0o=fbiVA4zg@mail.gmail.com>
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--H7DA0n3a+SnB4bJ2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 01:35:49PM -0400, Thomas Hoffmann wrote: > In reading jail(8), I suddenly came upon the term "prison". In fact the > term "prison" is used 30 times in jail(8), while the term "jail" is used > 228 times. Is this use of the term "prison" intentional? In reading jail(= 8) > it is certainly not clear to me whether "prison" is being used as a > synonym for "jail" or is in fact a separate concept within a jail that has > not been previously defined. >=20 > The Handbook section on jails makes no mention of the term "prison". >=20 > Shouldn't jail(8) be consistent in its use of "jail" versus "prison" if in > fact it has no special meaning? >=20 The usage of 'prison' in the jail(8) manual is synonymous with 'jail.' Glen --H7DA0n3a+SnB4bJ2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJTNwWyAAoJELls3eqvi17QGDwP/2zstzCQGn5hoVwVe7KTKLxp lTVTjzeRpjsOSSdYafaPUSOVda3CyigbqUhn0j41b7fRzHElDEhk4dLwU34y2h0/ 75C4gh+gfX9RJ+EJvVTcJ1MAb4+mnxKixGNDfbYSIFCTQj2glB4pAqbpHMh0od6O aPNyyA48rcfx0AXw/OH6Zo+vB3yjH7gyev642xgq2vdTHUJ0pYvME+MbdzFvFIcr ZMPjoEeirtU7fDHdLnGH2e//fnzzRYfJdIV6OHeNnw34pRR8y6QYhv5lMWuNQsM4 wWRAqbUBz9LfzE1s7poxQYBZTbqEXAkR/QOzFlSmhqMuIHuAPPxpW4QuNEQMXjtO S9BQKbGIim1bhVmMgmlOmOyFioBM0+lk4/23nPsjwvOtK1hv6J2vO6I0OoA9uu+R jKmueT15gXO0PUUCztqAO5xT2/PPrSqWxBU9eI0LYpBzmf/xxDRceeyzeIFwDawg OPkJ89BaRdi3u8wMHOxZpWa6yOVo2xVl4Oen9/7KMtwbRD29xX/rQsIQxXdg9HEt tAnqfq5xmDXQFwmd8uWX6ue6o84Ptm7GKdU4/2iKOf0GjW5TzWgIhjbzq70tdkai lVgjzhNVaCE4kRAlh4o8kWFApcSauCJmngkmBUvgrUHmi+XXXBv2zrikAKNOLlRp VBA+uzAtAdP/0ZEeF4ef =UjeO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H7DA0n3a+SnB4bJ2--
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