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jstart(8)		    System Manager's Manual		     jstart(8)

NAME
       jstart -- start a jail

SYNOPSIS
       jstart [-i] path	hostname ip-number [command ...]

DESCRIPTION
       The  jstart  utility starts a jail. It is a more	secure replacement for
       the jail(8) command. See	the jail(8) man	page for  details  on  how  to
       setup a jail, and jail concepts.

       See  the	 NOTES	section	 for  how  how exactly jstart differs from the
       jail(8) command.

OPTIONS
       -i	     Print the jail identifier of the newly created jail.

       path	     Directory which is	to be the root of the jail.

       hostname	     Hostname of the prison.

       ip-number     IP	number assigned	to the prison.

       command	     Optional command to be executed inside the	jail. When not
		     specified this defaults to	/bin/sh	/etc/rc

NOTES
       jstart always runs as root, and runs command as root.

       jstart logs the startup to the jail's console if	one exists.

       The command called must be owned	by root	in order to be executed.

       The environment is purged properly before running the  scripts  in  the
       jail  in	 order	to  prevent unwanted information from leaking into the
       jail.

       jstart works well for jails that	are  of	 the  'virtual	system	image'
       type,  which  act like a	full FreeBSD system. If	any of the above func-
       tionality is not	desired	in your	case, use jail(8) command.

FILES
       /etc/rc /dev/console

SEE ALSO
       jail(2),	jail(8), jails(8), jls(8), jexec(8), jkill(8)

AUTHOR
       Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com>

jstart				  April, 2004			     jstart(8)

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