Websites inside jails - backing up

[Francisco Reyes]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:44:15 -0600, Chris wrote:

>But what about when the site is within a jail?
>I notice I can get to /path/to/jail/path/to/htdocs,
>so can I similarly just copy the appropriate files/directories 
>for backup purposes? Or is there something magical about being 
>"inside" the jail that makes this difficult or improper?

Hopefully others with some actual jail experience will reply,
but in the mean time.. My understanding of a jail is basically a
way to limit access to certain directories and processes. If you
have a user which can see inside the jail I think that should be
fine for backup purposes.