How to share directories b/n jails on 6.0?

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Feb 3 17:10:41 PST 2006


On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 07:02:43PM -0600, Philip Hallstrom wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> I've got a new 6.0 box and have setup some jails.  I'd like to share 
> /usr/ports from the host, to each of the jails.
> 
> I tried mount_unionfs and while it worked, the box would crash if I did 
> anything intensive (ie. compile a port).
> 
> Googling around and people say they are using nullfs okay, but the manpage 
> ends with:
> 
> 	THIS FILE SYSTEM TYPE IS NOT YET FULLY SUPPORTED (READ: IT DOESN'T 
> 	WORK)
> 	AND USING IT MAY, IN FACT, DESTROY DATA ON YOUR SYSTEM.  USE AT YOUR 
> 	OWN
> 	RISK.  BEWARE OF DOG.  SLIPPERY WHEN WET.

nullfs is fine in 6.0, and the warning has been removed.

Kris
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