On 14 Jan 2014 16:37, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 20:21:41 -0000, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > > PLEASE don't just point me at "The Handbook". It's useless if you don't > > already > > > know what to do. (And in all honesty, even if you do, it's not often > > much help > > > I find.) > > > > The handbook section on jails is pretty good actually, though it may be > > a bit out of date - nonetheless I suggest familiarising yourself with > > it, and then using ezjail, which is very well documented itself. > > > > ezjail's author Dirk Engling (erdgeist) hangs out in freebsd-jail but > > rarely has to answer questions himself since many competant ezjail users > > hang out here. > > > > I just googled 'ezjail' and the first reference, before the rather out > > of date though useful cyberciti.biz one someone mentioned and a number > > of other possibly useful links, is the real thing: > > > > http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/ezjail/ > > > > cheers, Ian > > > OK Thanks. > > Re the "Handbook" and the comment "though it may be a bit out of date". > > Sadly, it's the "a bit out of date" parts, that stump me each time, so that's > one > of the major reasons why I find the "Handbook" so difficult to get on with. > I > guess as those people who use jails and such don't need to reference the > Handbook, it doesn't keep up to speed with the releases in the real world? > > (Of course, that NEVER happens in other walks of life, does it! :) ) > > Anyway... > > I've spent some time on and off, reading up on all this, as a result I am at > present veering towards qjail, as for whatever reason, I do find the doc's > easier > to follow and understand. (Remember, I'm not from a Unix background. I ar > just a lowley engineering technician, who want's to do something safe(er) with > a webserver for a hobby site.) > > As well as qjail though, I've also got an indipendant VM setup to use ezjail, > so > I'll experiment with both and see what happens. > > As always however, I find it difficult these days to get "enough of the right > sort > of contiguious time" to fiddle and learn about all this stuff, what with > daily life, > work + domestic and other social time swallowers. > > Slow progress, but progress none the less. > > Cheers All. > > Dave B. > >
May I make a suggestion. It might be worth trying PC-BSD and Warden. Kris Moore and guys have done a good job of the GUI which makes it very easy. The command line is also available should you want/need it. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-jail To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
