RFC for wider rc.conf.d/ for jails

John Baldwin jhb at freebsd.org
Mon Jul 16 14:57:47 UTC 2007


On Sunday 17 June 2007 06:58:25 pm Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It is only possible to use /etc/rc.conf.d/${name}, where ${name} is the
> command name in rc(8) scripts.  For instance, one can use use
> /etc/rc.conf.d/named thanks to /etc/rc.d/named.  However it is not
> possible to use /etc/rc.conf.d/foo because command "foo" is not provided
> by any rc.d script.
> 
> I would like to extend this behaviour for /etc/rc.d/jail in order to
> be able to have one file per jail.  It would require to either modify
> rc.subr or hack up etc/rc.d/jail to include some additional files.
> I am thinking about the following layout:
> 
> % # cat rc.conf.d/jail
> % jail_list="mail www"
> % # cat rc.conf.d/jail.mail
> % [...]	    # "mail" jail configuration variables.
> % # cat rc.conf.d/jail.www
> % [...]	    # "www" jail configuration variables.

Maybe instead /etc/jail/mail, etc.?  I'd rather not overload /etc/rc.conf.d 
since it already has a well-defined meaning.

-- 
John Baldwin


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