jailer.conf - configuration file of jailer

jailer.conf

jailer is a script for creating chrooted environments for Debian packages.

jailer.conf is the configuration of jailer.conf

Every config starts and ands with a jail identifier, which should be uniq and be in brackets.

<apache>

For instance an apache chroot identifier should look like this:

</apache>

Of course you should finish the identifier

Between these identifiers configuration should contain the following lines:

Root: /var/chroot/apache

This line describes the PATH of the chrooted enviroment.

Conf:

This line describes the PATH or PATH/filename which should copy to the chrooted environment. For example Conf: /etc/apache/* , which uses a wild card.

Debs:

This line contains the name of those deb packages which should be installed into the chrooted environment.

Junk-Debs:

This line contains those deb packages which should not to be installed into the chrooted environment.

Junk:

This line contains those files or directories which should not to be installed. For example /lib/* means all files and links under /lib should not be installed, while /lib/libconsole.so.0.0.0 means a file which should not to be installed.

Extra:

This line contains those files or directories which should be installed into the chrooted environment, like /var/run means a directory, which is needed for the chrooted service.

Do not configure your daemon inside your jail, because updatejail script will wipe out all the data inside the jail. If you would like to change any setting inside the jail, do it at your original place and than run updatejail

updatejail(8) jailer.conf(5), dpkg(8)

This manual page was written by Péter Höltzl <peter.holtzl@balabit.hu>.