The branch stable/15 has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5d7cd576d99b99f460263d93929828d584d8f80c
commit 5d7cd576d99b99f460263d93929828d584d8f80c Author: Alexander Ziaee <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2025-11-07 18:38:54 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2025-11-14 00:10:14 +0000 jail.8: Add creating a jail from distribution set PR: 200803 MFC after: 3 days Reviewed by: jamie Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53631 (cherry picked from commit d59903481dbaef9ef7e91ea4945d2355ae17c53a) --- usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 index d44b7f66a64e..e27f9e3d1630 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 Robert N. M. Watson .\" Copyright (c) 2008-2012 James Gritton .\" All rights reserved. @@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd September 15, 2025 +.Dd November 6, 2025 .Dt JAIL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1119,7 +1122,7 @@ process. This manual page documents the configuration steps necessary to support either of these steps, although the configuration steps may need to be refined based on local requirements. -.Ss "Setting up a Jail Directory Tree" +.Ss Setting up a Jail Directory Tree From Source To set up a jail directory tree containing an entire .Fx distribution, the following @@ -1132,8 +1135,19 @@ mkdir -p $D make world DESTDIR=$D make distribution DESTDIR=$D .Ed +.Ss Setting up a Jail Directory Tree from Distribution Files +To set up a jail directory tree containing an entire +.Fx +distribution, the following +.Xr sh 1 +command script can be used: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +D=/here/is/the/jail +mkdir -p $D +tar -xf /usr/freebsd-dist/base.txz -C $D --unlink +.Ed .Pp -In many cases this example would put far more in the jail than needed. +In many cases these examples would put far more in the jail than needed. In the other extreme case a jail might contain only one file: the executable to be run in the jail. .Pp
