On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This is also available on the FreeBSD platform. They call it 'jail' :)
yes, freebsd does have jail() and is already builtin unlike in linux.
the *major* exception is that freebsd jailed processes (let's say
belonging to a client running apache and mysql) cannot be grouped together
in a logical virtual server which should be virtually invisible from
the other virtual servers.
>
> >
> > Virtual Private server is better since from the start,
> > it was designed to do virtual hosting. but have not
> > seen any activity on the website for a couple of months
> > now.
> >
> they are separated by 3 distinct characteristics namely: the context
> number, the chroot dir, the ipvroot (binding to 1 IP only).
> processes on different context numbers cannot see/affect each other (via
> signals nor via /proc). hanep! it also enforces root capability limiting
> so root users in the virtual servers cant, for example, reboot the host
> machine, load bad kernel modules or launch flood pings.
>
pong
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