The branch main has been updated by netchild: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=be834d62e990b58eb2e67ce9b48b635b645dcea1
commit be834d62e990b58eb2e67ce9b48b635b645dcea1 Author: Alexander Leidinger <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2026-08-30 09:45:01 +0000 Commit: Alexander Leidinger <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2026-08-30 17:43:22 +0000 rc.conf.5: note that a negative nice value does not reach a service jail Raising a process' priority is not permitted inside a jail, and nice(1) warns and executes the command anyway, so the service comes up at its login class priority. Not changing the date, as a commit a moment before this, one changed it already. MFC after: 1 week MFC to: stable/15 --- share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 index 9a76f25d7c5c..586e33980fd8 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 @@ -5081,6 +5081,14 @@ is enabled in the kernel. All non-network options can be combined with all other options. From the SysV options only one option can be specified. +.Pp +A negative +.Ao Ar name Ac Ns Va _nice +has no effect on a service in a service jail. +Raising the priority of a process is not permitted inside a jail, and +.Xr nice 1 +starts the service at the priority of its login class instead of +failing. If the .Ao Ar name Ac Ns Va _svcj
