Jail question

Peter Schuller peter.schuller at infidyne.com
Mon Dec 17 09:35:05 PST 2007


> I want to check the understanding of jails.
>
> My understanding is a jail uses the existing kernel configuration and
> cannot use its own kernel configuration.
>
> Is this correct?

Yes. The jail is being executed by the same kernel as the host system. The 
jail just has restricted access to certain system calls, which creates the 
sandbox.

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