postgresql in a jail: manually starts but not while booting

[Boris Samorodov]

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:42:00 +0400 Boris Samorodov wrote:

> I've got a recent amd64-current with postgresql in a jail. The
> database master process starts from command line but not when
> the host system is booted (and the jail is auto-started):
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> Jul 22 00:10:17 pg postgres[1134]: [2-1] FATAL:  could not create shared memory segment: Function not implemented
> Jul 22 00:10:17 pg postgres[1134]: [2-2] ПОДРОБНОСТИ:  Failed system call was shmget(key=5432001, size=39149568, 03600).
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OK, I found the culprit. Seems that man jail(8) may be polished a
little. From man jail(8), section "Starting the Jail":
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It is possible to have jails started at boot time.  Please refer to the
``jail_*'' variables in rc.conf(5) for more information.
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I propose to add the following note to man jail(8):
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Note: those variables override sysctl values (both current and from
/etc/sysctl.conf).
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