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Poul-Henning Kamp 33.\" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34.\" 35.\" $FreeBSD$ 36.\" 37.Dd July 8, 2009 38.Dt JAIL 8 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm jail 42.Nd "create or modify a system jail" 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm 45.Op Fl dhi 46.Op Fl J Ar jid_file 47.Op Fl l u Ar username | Fl U Ar username 48.Op Fl c | m 49.Op Ar parameter=value ... 50.Br 51.Nm 52.Op Fl hi 53.Op Fl n Ar jailname 54.Op Fl J Ar jid_file 55.Op Fl s Ar securelevel 56.Op Fl l u Ar username | Fl U Ar username 57.Op Ar path hostname [ip[,..]] command ... 58.Br 59.Nm 60.Op Fl r Ar jail 61.Sh DESCRIPTION 62The 63.Nm 64utility creates a new jail or modifies an existing jail, optionally 65imprisoning the current process (and future descendants) inside it. 66.Pp 67The options are as follows: 68.Bl -tag -width indent 69.It Fl d 70Allow making changes to a 71.Va 72dying jail. 73.It Fl h 74Resolve the 75.Va host.hostname 76parameter (or 77.Va hostname ) 78and add all IP addresses returned by the resolver 79to the list of 80.Va ip 81addresses for this prison. 82This may affect default address selection for outgoing IPv4 connections 83of prisons. 84The address first returned by the resolver for each address family 85will be used as primary address. 86See the 87.Va ip4.addr 88and 89.Va ip6.addr 90parameters further down for details. 91.It Fl i 92Output the jail identifier of the newly created jail. 93.It Fl n Ar jailname 94Set the jail's name. 95This is deprecated and is equivalent to setting the 96.Va name 97parameter. 98.It Fl J Ar jid_file 99Write a 100.Ar jid_file 101file, containing jail identifier, path, hostname, IP and 102command used to start the jail. 103.It Fl l 104Run program in the clean environment. 105The environment is discarded except for 106.Ev HOME , SHELL , TERM 107and 108.Ev USER . 109.Ev HOME 110and 111.Ev SHELL 112are set to the target login's default values. 113.Ev USER 114is set to the target login. 115.Ev TERM 116is imported from the current environment. 117The environment variables from the login class capability database for the 118target login are also set. 119.It Fl s Ar securelevel 120Set the 121.Va kern.securelevel 122MIB entry to the specified value inside the newly created jail. 123This is deprecated and is equivalent to setting the 124.Va securelevel 125parameter. 126.It Fl u Ar username 127The user name from host environment as whom the 128.Ar command 129should run. 130.It Fl U Ar username 131The user name from jailed environment as whom the 132.Ar command 133should run. 134.It Fl c 135Create a new jail. 136The 137.Va jid 138and 139.Va name 140parameters (if specified) must not refer to an existing jail. 141.It Fl m 142Modify an existing jail. 143One of the 144.Va jid 145or 146.Va name 147parameters must exist and refer to an existing jail. 148.It Fl cm 149Create a jail if it does not exist, or modify a jail if it does exist. 150.It Fl r 151Remove the 152.Ar jail 153specified by jid or name. 154All jailed processes are killed, and all children of this jail are also 155removed. 156.El 157.Pp 158At least one of the 159.Fl c , 160.Fl m 161or 162.Fl r 163options must be specified. 164.Pp 165.Ar Parameters 166are listed in 167.Dq name=value 168form, following the options. 169Some parameters are boolean, and do not have a value but are set by the 170name alone with or without a 171.Dq no 172prefix, e.g. 173.Va persist 174or 175.Va nopersist . 176Any parameters not set will be given default values, often based on the 177current environment. 178.Pp 179The pseudo-parameter 180.Va command 181specifies that the current process should enter the new (or modified) jail, 182and run the specified command. 183It must be the last parameter specified, because it includes not only 184the value following the 185.Sq = 186sign, but also passes the rest of the arguments to the command. 187.Pp 188Instead of supplying named 189.Ar parameters , 190four fixed parameters may be supplied in order on the command line: 191.Ar path , 192.Ar hostname , 193.Ar ip , 194and 195.Ar command . 196As the 197.Va jid 198and 199.Va name 200parameters aren't in this list, this mode will always create a new jail, and 201the 202.Fl c 203and 204.Fl m 205options don't apply (and must not exist). 206.Pp 207Jails have a set a core parameters, and modules can add their own jail 208parameters. 209The current set of available parameters can be retrieved via 210.Dq Nm sysctl Fl d Va security.jail.param . 211The core parameters are: 212.Bl -tag -width indent 213.It Va jid 214The jail identifier. 215This will be assigned automatically to a new jail (or can be explicitly 216set), and can be used to identify the jail for later modification, or 217for such commands as 218.Xr jls 8 219or 220.Xr jexec 8 . 221.It Va name 222The jail name. 223This is an arbitrary string that identifies a jail (except it may not 224contain a 225.Sq \&. ) . 226Like the 227.Va jid , 228it can be passed to later 229.Nm 230commands, or to 231.Xr jls 8 232or 233.Xr jexec 8 . 234If no 235.Va name 236is supplied, a default is assumed that is the same as the 237.Va jid . 238.It Va path 239Directory which is to be the root of the prison. 240The 241.Va command 242(if any) is run from this directory, as are commands from 243.Xr jexec 8 . 244.It Va ip4.addr 245A comma-separated list of IPv4 addresses assigned to the prison. 246If this is set, the jail is restricted to using only these address. 247Any attempts to use other addresses fail, and attempts to use wildcard 248addresses silently use the jailed address instead. 249For IPv4 the first address given will be kept used as the source address 250in case source address selection on unbound sockets cannot find a better 251match. 252It is only possible to start multiple jails with the same IP address, 253if none of the jails has more than this single overlapping IP address 254assigned to itself. 255.Pp 256A list of zero elements (an empty string) will stop the jail from using IPv4 257entirely; setting the boolean parameter 258.Ar noip4 259will not restrict the jail at all. 260.It Va ip6.addr 261A list of IPv6 addresses assigned to the prison, the counterpart to 262.Ar ip4.addr 263above. 264.It Va host.hostname 265Hostname of the prison. 266Other similar parameters are 267.Va host.domainname , 268.Va host.hostuuid 269and 270.Va host.hostid . 271Setting the boolean parameter 272.Va nohost 273will retain the system values of these settings. 274.It Va securelevel 275The value of the jail's 276.Va kern.securelevel 277sysctl. 278A jail never has a lower securelevel than the default system, but by 279setting this parameter it may have a higher one. 280If the system securelevel is changed, any jail securelevels will be at 281least as secure. 282.It Va children.max 283The number of child jails allowed to be created by this jail (or by 284other jails under this jail). 285This limit is zero by default, indicating the jail is not allowed to 286create child jails. 287See the 288.Va "Hierarchical Jails" 289section for more information. 290.It Va children.cur 291The number of descendents of this jail, including its own child jails 292and any jails created under them. 293.It Va enforce_statfs 294This determines which information processes in a jail are able to get 295about mount points. 296It affects the behaviour of the following syscalls: 297.Xr statfs 2 , 298.Xr fstatfs 2 , 299.Xr getfsstat 2 300and 301.Xr fhstatfs 2 302(as well as similar compatibility syscalls). 303When set to 0, all mount points are available without any restrictions. 304When set to 1, only mount points below the jail's chroot directory are 305visible. 306In addition to that, the path to the jail's chroot directory is removed 307from the front of their pathnames. 308When set to 2 (default), above syscalls can operate only on a mount-point 309where the jail's chroot directory is located. 310.It Va persist 311Setting this boolean parameter allows a jail to exist without any 312processes. 313Normally, a jail is destroyed as its last process exits. 314A new jail must have either the 315.Va persist 316parameter or 317.Va command 318pseudo-parameter set. 319.It Va cpuset.id 320The ID of the cpuset associated with this jail (read-only). 321.It Va dying 322This is true if the jail is in the process of shutting down (read-only). 323.It Va parent 324The 325.Va jid 326of the parent of this jail, or zero if this is a top-level jail 327(read-only). 328.It Va allow.* 329Some restrictions of the jail environment may be set on a per-jail 330basis. 331With the exception of 332.Va allow.set_hostname , 333these boolean parameters are off by default. 334.Bl -tag -width indent 335.It Va allow.set_hostname 336The jail's hostname may be changed via 337.Xr hostname 1 338or 339.Xr sethostname 3 . 340.It Va allow.sysvipc 341A process within the jail has access to System V IPC primitives. 342In the current jail implementation, System V primitives share a single 343namespace across the host and jail environments, meaning that processes 344within a jail would be able to communicate with (and potentially interfere 345with) processes outside of the jail, and in other jails. 346.It Va allow.raw_sockets 347The prison root is allowed to create raw sockets. 348Setting this parameter allows utilities like 349.Xr ping 8 350and 351.Xr traceroute 8 352to operate inside the prison. 353If this is set, the source IP addresses are enforced to comply 354with the IP address bound to the jail, regardless of whether or not 355the 356.Dv IP_HDRINCL 357flag has been set on the socket. 358Since raw sockets can be used to configure and interact with various 359network subsystems, extra caution should be used where privileged access 360to jails is given out to untrusted parties. 361.It Va allow.chflags 362Normally, priveleged users inside a jail are treated as unprivileged by 363.Xr chflags 2 . 364When this parameter is set, such users are treated as privileged, and 365may manipulate system file flags subject to the usual constraints on 366.Va kern.securelevel . 367.It Va allow.mount 368privileged users inside the jail will be able to mount and unmount file 369system types marked as jail-friendly. 370The 371.Xr lsvfs 1 372command can be used to find file system types available for mount from 373within a jail. 374.It Va allow.quotas 375The prison root may administer quotas on the jail's filesystem(s). 376This includes filesystems that the jail may share with other jails or 377with non-jailed parts of the system. 378.It Va allow.socket_af 379Sockets within a jail are normally restricted to IPv4, IPv6, local 380(UNIX), and route. This allows access to other protocol stacks that 381have not had jail functionality added to them. 382.El 383.El 384.Pp 385Jails are typically set up using one of two philosophies: either to 386constrain a specific application (possibly running with privilege), or 387to create a 388.Dq "virtual system image" 389running a variety of daemons and services. 390In both cases, a fairly complete file system install of 391.Fx 392is 393required, so as to provide the necessary command line tools, daemons, 394libraries, application configuration files, etc. 395However, for a virtual server configuration, a fair amount of 396additional work is required so as to configure the 397.Dq boot 398process. 399This manual page documents the configuration steps necessary to support 400either of these steps, although the configuration steps may be 401refined based on local requirements. 402.Sh EXAMPLES 403.Ss "Setting up a Jail Directory Tree" 404To set up a jail directory tree containing an entire 405.Fx 406distribution, the following 407.Xr sh 1 408command script can be used: 409.Bd -literal 410D=/here/is/the/jail 411cd /usr/src 412mkdir -p $D 413make world DESTDIR=$D 414make distribution DESTDIR=$D 415mount -t devfs devfs $D/dev 416.Ed 417.Pp 418NOTE: It is important that only appropriate device nodes in devfs be 419exposed to a jail; access to disk devices in the jail may permit processes 420in the jail to bypass the jail sandboxing by modifying files outside of 421the jail. 422See 423.Xr devfs 8 424for information on how to use devfs rules to limit access to entries 425in the per-jail devfs. 426A simple devfs ruleset for jails is available as ruleset #4 in 427.Pa /etc/defaults/devfs.rules . 428.Pp 429In many cases this example would put far more in the jail than needed. 430In the other extreme case a jail might contain only one file: 431the executable to be run in the jail. 432.Pp 433We recommend experimentation and caution that it is a lot easier to 434start with a 435.Dq fat 436jail and remove things until it stops working, 437than it is to start with a 438.Dq thin 439jail and add things until it works. 440.Ss "Setting Up a Jail" 441Do what was described in 442.Sx "Setting Up a Jail Directory Tree" 443to build the jail directory tree. 444For the sake of this example, we will 445assume you built it in 446.Pa /data/jail/192.0.2.100 , 447named for the jailed IP address. 448Substitute below as needed with your 449own directory, IP address, and hostname. 450.Ss "Setting up the Host Environment" 451First, you will want to set up your real system's environment to be 452.Dq jail-friendly . 453For consistency, we will refer to the parent box as the 454.Dq "host environment" , 455and to the jailed virtual machine as the 456.Dq "jail environment" . 457Since jail is implemented using IP aliases, one of the first things to do 458is to disable IP services on the host system that listen on all local 459IP addresses for a service. 460If a network service is present in the host environment that binds all 461available IP addresses rather than specific IP addresses, it may service 462requests sent to jail IP addresses if the jail did not bind the port. 463This means changing 464.Xr inetd 8 465to only listen on the 466appropriate IP address, and so forth. 467Add the following to 468.Pa /etc/rc.conf 469in the host environment: 470.Bd -literal -offset indent 471sendmail_enable="NO" 472inetd_flags="-wW -a 192.0.2.23" 473rpcbind_enable="NO" 474.Ed 475.Pp 476.Li 192.0.2.23 477is the native IP address for the host system, in this example. 478Daemons that run out of 479.Xr inetd 8 480can be easily set to use only the specified host IP address. 481Other daemons 482will need to be manually configured\(emfor some this is possible through 483the 484.Xr rc.conf 5 485flags entries; for others it is necessary to modify per-application 486configuration files, or to recompile the applications. 487The following frequently deployed services must have their individual 488configuration files modified to limit the application to listening 489to a specific IP address: 490.Pp 491To configure 492.Xr sshd 8 , 493it is necessary to modify 494.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config . 495.Pp 496To configure 497.Xr sendmail 8 , 498it is necessary to modify 499.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf . 500.Pp 501For 502.Xr named 8 , 503it is necessary to modify 504.Pa /etc/namedb/named.conf . 505.Pp 506In addition, a number of services must be recompiled in order to run 507them in the host environment. 508This includes most applications providing services using 509.Xr rpc 3 , 510such as 511.Xr rpcbind 8 , 512.Xr nfsd 8 , 513and 514.Xr mountd 8 . 515In general, applications for which it is not possible to specify which 516IP address to bind should not be run in the host environment unless they 517should also service requests sent to jail IP addresses. 518Attempting to serve 519NFS from the host environment may also cause confusion, and cannot be 520easily reconfigured to use only specific IPs, as some NFS services are 521hosted directly from the kernel. 522Any third-party network software running 523in the host environment should also be checked and configured so that it 524does not bind all IP addresses, which would result in those services' also 525appearing to be offered by the jail environments. 526.Pp 527Once 528these daemons have been disabled or fixed in the host environment, it is 529best to reboot so that all daemons are in a known state, to reduce the 530potential for confusion later (such as finding that when you send mail 531to a jail, and its sendmail is down, the mail is delivered to the host, 532etc.). 533.Ss "Configuring the Jail" 534Start any jail for the first time without configuring the network 535interface so that you can clean it up a little and set up accounts. 536As 537with any machine (virtual or not) you will need to set a root password, time 538zone, etc. 539Some of these steps apply only if you intend to run a full virtual server 540inside the jail; others apply both for constraining a particular application 541or for running a virtual server. 542.Pp 543Start a shell in the jail: 544.Pp 545.Bd -literal -offset indent 546jail path=/data/jail/192.0.2.100 host.hostname=testhostname \\ 547 ip4.addr=192.0.2.100 command=/bin/sh 548.Ed 549.Pp 550Assuming no errors, you will end up with a shell prompt within the jail. 551You can now run 552.Pa /usr/sbin/sysinstall 553and do the post-install configuration to set various configuration options, 554or perform these actions manually by editing 555.Pa /etc/rc.conf , 556etc. 557.Pp 558.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact 559.It 560Create an empty 561.Pa /etc/fstab 562to quell startup warnings about missing fstab (virtual server only) 563.It 564Disable the port mapper 565.Pa ( /etc/rc.conf : 566.Li rpcbind_enable="NO" ) 567(virtual server only) 568.It 569Configure 570.Pa /etc/resolv.conf 571so that name resolution within the jail will work correctly 572.It 573Run 574.Xr newaliases 1 575to quell 576.Xr sendmail 8 577warnings. 578.It 579Disable interface configuration to quell startup warnings about 580.Xr ifconfig 8 581.Pq Li network_interfaces="" 582(virtual server only) 583.It 584Set a root password, probably different from the real host system 585.It 586Set the timezone 587.It 588Add accounts for users in the jail environment 589.It 590Install any packages the environment requires 591.El 592.Pp 593You may also want to perform any package-specific configuration (web servers, 594SSH servers, etc), patch up 595.Pa /etc/syslog.conf 596so it logs as you would like, etc. 597If you are not using a virtual server, you may wish to modify 598.Xr syslogd 8 599in the host environment to listen on the syslog socket in the jail 600environment; in this example, the syslog socket would be stored in 601.Pa /data/jail/192.0.2.100/var/run/log . 602.Pp 603Exit from the shell, and the jail will be shut down. 604.Ss "Starting the Jail" 605You are now ready to restart the jail and bring up the environment with 606all of its daemons and other programs. 607If you are running a single application in the jail, substitute the 608command used to start the application for 609.Pa /etc/rc 610in the examples below. 611To start a virtual server environment, 612.Pa /etc/rc 613is run to launch various daemons and services. 614To do this, first bring up the 615virtual host interface, and then start the jail's 616.Pa /etc/rc 617script from within the jail. 618.Bd -literal -offset indent 619ifconfig ed0 inet alias 192.0.2.100/32 620mount -t procfs proc /data/jail/192.0.2.100/proc 621jail path=/data/jail/192.0.2.100 host.hostname=testhostname \\ 622 ip4.addr=192.0.2.100 command=/bin/sh /etc/rc 623.Ed 624.Pp 625A few warnings will be produced, because most 626.Xr sysctl 8 627configuration variables cannot be set from within the jail, as they are 628global across all jails and the host environment. 629However, it should all 630work properly. 631You should be able to see 632.Xr inetd 8 , 633.Xr syslogd 8 , 634and other processes running within the jail using 635.Xr ps 1 , 636with the 637.Ql J 638flag appearing beside jailed processes. 639To see an active list of jails, use the 640.Xr jls 8 641utility. 642You should also be able to 643.Xr telnet 1 644to the hostname or IP address of the jailed environment, and log 645in using the accounts you created previously. 646.Pp 647It is possible to have jails started at boot time. 648Please refer to the 649.Dq jail_* 650variables in 651.Xr rc.conf 5 652for more information. 653The 654.Xr rc 8 655jail script provides a flexible system to start/stop jails: 656.Bd -literal 657/etc/rc.d/jail start 658/etc/rc.d/jail stop 659/etc/rc.d/jail start myjail 660/etc/rc.d/jail stop myjail 661.Ed 662.Ss "Managing the Jail" 663Normal machine shutdown commands, such as 664.Xr halt 8 , 665.Xr reboot 8 , 666and 667.Xr shutdown 8 , 668cannot be used successfully within the jail. 669To kill all processes in a 670jail, you may log into the jail and, as root, use one of the following 671commands, depending on what you want to accomplish: 672.Pp 673.Bd -literal -offset indent 674kill -TERM -1 675kill -KILL -1 676.Ed 677.Pp 678This will send the 679.Dv SIGTERM 680or 681.Dv SIGKILL 682signals to all processes in the jail from within the jail. 683Depending on 684the intended use of the jail, you may also want to run 685.Pa /etc/rc.shutdown 686from within the jail. 687To kill processes from outside the jail, use the 688.Xr jexec 8 689utility in conjunction with the one of the 690.Xr kill 1 691commands above. 692You may also remove the jail with 693.Nm 694.Ar -r , 695which will killall the jail's processes with 696.Dv SIGKILL . 697.Pp 698The 699.Pa /proc/ Ns Ar pid Ns Pa /status 700file contains, as its last field, the name of the jail in which the 701process runs, or 702.Dq Li - 703to indicate that the process is not running within a jail. 704The 705.Xr ps 1 706command also shows a 707.Ql J 708flag for processes in a jail. 709.Pp 710You can also list/kill processes based on their jail ID. 711To show processes and their jail ID, use the following command: 712.Pp 713.Dl "ps ax -o pid,jid,args" 714.Pp 715To show and then kill processes in jail number 3 use the following commands: 716.Bd -literal -offset indent 717pgrep -lfj 3 718pkill -j 3 719.Ed 720or: 721.Pp 722.Dl "killall -j 3" 723.Ss "Jails and File Systems" 724It is not possible to 725.Xr mount 8 726or 727.Xr umount 8 728any file system inside a jail unless the file system is marked 729jail-friendly and the jail's 730.Va allow.mount 731parameter is set. 732.Pp 733Multiple jails sharing the same file system can influence each other. 734For example a user in one jail can fill the file system also 735leaving no space for processes in the other jail. 736Trying to use 737.Xr quota 1 738to prevent this will not work either as the file system quotas 739are not aware of jails but only look at the user and group IDs. 740This means the same user ID in two jails share the same file 741system quota. 742One would need to use one file system per jail to make this work. 743.Ss "Sysctl MIB Entries" 744The read-only entry 745.Va security.jail.jailed 746can be used to determine if a process is running inside a jail (value 747is one) or not (value is zero). 748.Pp 749The variable 750.Va security.jail.max_af_ips 751determines how may address per address family a prison may have. 752The default is 255. 753.Pp 754Some MIB variables have per-jail settings. 755Changes to these variables by a jailed process do not effect the host 756environment, only the jail environment. 757These variables are 758.Va kern.securelevel , 759.Va kern.hostname , 760.Va kern.domainname , 761.Va kern.hostid , 762and 763.Va kern.hostuuid . 764.Ss "Hierarchical Jails" 765By setting a jail's 766.Va children.max 767parameter, processes within a jail may be able to create jails of their own. 768These child jails are kept in a hierarchy, with jails only able to see and/or 769modify the jails they created (or those jails' children). 770Each jail has a read-only 771.Va parent 772parameter, containing the 773.Va jid 774of the jail that created it; a 775.Va jid 776of 0 indicates the jail is a child of the current jail (or is a top-level 777jail if the current process isn't jailed). 778.Pp 779Jailed processes are not allowed to confer greater permissions than they 780themselves are given, e.g. if a jail is created with 781.Va allow.nomount , 782it is not able to create a jail with 783.Va allow.mount 784set. 785Similarly, such restrictions as 786.Va ip4.addr 787and 788.Va securelevel 789may not be bypassed in child jails. 790.Pp 791A child jail may in turn create its own child jails if its own 792.Va children.max 793parameter is set (remember it is zero by default). 794These jails are visible to and can be modified by their parent and all 795ancestors. 796.Pp 797Jail names reflect this hierarchy, with a full name being an MIB-type string 798separated by dots. 799For example, if a base system process creates a jail 800.Dq foo , 801and a process under that jail creates another jail 802.Dq bar , 803then the second jail will be seen as 804.Dq foo.bar 805in the base system (though it is only seen as 806.Dq bar 807to any processes inside jail 808.Dq foo ) . 809Jids on the other hand exist in a single space, and each jail must have a 810unique jid. 811.Pp 812Like the names, a child jail's 813.Va path 814is relative to its creator's own 815.Va path . 816This is by virtue of the child jail being created in the chrooted 817environment of the first jail. 818.Sh SEE ALSO 819.Xr killall 1 , 820.Xr lsvfs 1 , 821.Xr newaliases 1 , 822.Xr pgrep 1 , 823.Xr pkill 1 , 824.Xr ps 1 , 825.Xr quota 1 , 826.Xr chroot 2 , 827.Xr jail_set 2 , 828.Xr jail_attach 2 , 829.Xr procfs 5 , 830.Xr rc.conf 5 , 831.Xr sysctl.conf 5 , 832.Xr devfs 8 , 833.Xr halt 8 , 834.Xr inetd 8 , 835.Xr jexec 8 , 836.Xr jls 8 , 837.Xr mount 8 , 838.Xr named 8 , 839.Xr reboot 8 , 840.Xr rpcbind 8 , 841.Xr sendmail 8 , 842.Xr shutdown 8 , 843.Xr sysctl 8 , 844.Xr syslogd 8 , 845.Xr umount 8 846.Sh HISTORY 847The 848.Nm 849utility appeared in 850.Fx 4.0 . 851Hierarchical/extensible jails were introduced in 852.Fx 8.0 . 853.Sh AUTHORS 854.An -nosplit 855The jail feature was written by 856.An Poul-Henning Kamp 857for R&D Associates 858.Pa http://www.rndassociates.com/ 859who contributed it to 860.Fx . 861.Pp 862.An Robert Watson 863wrote the extended documentation, found a few bugs, added 864a few new features, and cleaned up the userland jail environment. 865.Pp 866.An Bjoern A. Zeeb 867added multi-IP jail support for IPv4 and IPv6 based on a patch 868originally done by 869.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek 870for IPv4. 871.Pp 872.An James Gritton 873added the extensible jail parameters and hierchical jails. 874.Sh BUGS 875Jail currently lacks the ability to allow access to 876specific jail information via 877.Xr ps 1 878as opposed to 879.Xr procfs 5 . 880Similarly, it might be a good idea to add an 881address alias flag such that daemons listening on all IPs 882.Pq Dv INADDR_ANY 883will not bind on that address, which would facilitate building a safe 884host environment such that host daemons do not impose on services offered 885from within jails. 886Currently, the simplest answer is to minimize services 887offered on the host, possibly limiting it to services offered from 888.Xr inetd 8 889which is easily configurable. 890