On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 03:04:23PM -0700, Van wrote:
>
> I've dealt with jails and question the wisdom of using them.
>
> There are better ways to do this, and, your application will suffer
> tremendous portability issues which will probably make it useless
> for most people.
>
> If you're the only one using it, proceed.
>
> If you hope to make money with it, good luck.
>
> Quick answer: your environment is hosed.
>
> There shouldn't be a tutorial on running mysql in a jail because it
> shouldn't be done.
I wish I could agree with you. What's so bad about running MySQL in a
jail?
> Protect the whole box, not just one application.
Do both. That way if one fails, the second may save you someday.
I have an uncommitted patch for MySQL as well as some documentation
for getting it to run better in a chroot() jail.
I just need the time to make it useful...
Jeremy
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