JAILER(5)							File Formats Manual							 JAILER(5)

NAME

       jailer.conf - configuration file of jailer

SYNOPSIS

       jailer.conf

DESCRIPTION

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

       jailer.conf is the configuration file for jailer.conf

       Every configuration definition has to start and end with a jail identifier, which should be unique and be in brackets.

       <apache>
	      For example, an Apache chroot identifier should look like this:

       </apache>
	      The identifier use needs to be closed.

	      The  configuration for the chroot instance is defined inside these identifiers. The following lines can be used to describe the con-
	      figuration:

       Root: /var/chroot/apache

	      This line describes the PATH of the chrooted enviroment.

       Conf:

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

       Debs:

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

       Junk-Debs:

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

       Junk:

	      This line contains those files or directories which should not 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. For  example:  /var/run  will
	      install that a directory which is needed for the chrooted service.

WARNING

       Do  not	configure your daemon inside your jail, because updatejail script will wipe out all the data inside the jail. If you would want to
       change any settings inside the jail, make the changes in the original location and then run updatejail . This makes it possible to place  a
       jail even to a ramdisk.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Peter Holtzl <peter.holtzl@balabit.hu>.

								 December 4, 2001							 JAILER(5)