Jails - mount: /usr/home: No such file or directory

[chris]

Hi Guys,
Just setup a jail using this guide. I decided to locate my jail at /home/jail/irc rather than /usr/jail/irc because i have more space there. I've got to the step where i fire it up...

root# /bin/sh /etc/rc
...
Configuring jails:.
Starting jails:df: /usr/home/jail/irc/dev: No such file or directory
mount: /usr/home: No such file or directory
/etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_domount(): Unable to mount devfs on /usr/home/jail/irc/dev
/etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_mount_jail: devfs was not mounted on /usr/home/jail/irc/dev
cd: can't cd to /usr/home/jail/irc/dev
 cannot start jail "irc":

Here's the output of df;

root# df
Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used     Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ad4s1a   5156012  2895792   1847740    61%    /
devfs               1        1         0   100%    /dev
/dev/ad4s1b 703931506 -1119932 648736918    -0%    /home
procfs              4        4         0   100%    /proc
devfs               1        1         0   100%    /var/named/dev

When i create a sym link from /usr/home -> /home the jail still fails to start and says something about parent being a sym link. So, do i have to re-partition the hard disk to move /home/ to /usr/home/ or is there a quicker way of doing this?

Thanks,

Chris

[anomie]

At very least, it looks like you forgot to mount devfs. Post your jail-related rc.conf entries (on the host) for us to review.

[Eam404]

Please post the correct configs

Personally I use ezjail and have never looked back -- any particular reason you decided to use the traditional method?

[chris]

root# cat /etc/rc.conf
...
# Jails - general
jail_set_hostname_allow="NO"
jail_enable="YES"
jail_list="irc"
jail_interface="re0"
jail_devfs_enable="YES"
jail_procfs_enable="YES"
# Jails - specific
jail_irc_rootdir="/usr/home/jail/irc"
jail_irc_hostname="jail0.domain.com"
jail_irc_ip="x.x.250.143"
#jail_irc_devfs_ruleset="jail_ruleset"
jail_irc_devfs_ruleset="devfsrules_jail"

It seems strange to me that i'm seeing devfs try to mount /usr/home rather than just /home, i guess because the 'normal' fstab setup for freebsd would be /home symlinking to /usr/home ?

[anomie]

I may be missing something, but I am confused about how the author of that article is starting up the jail. Instead, can you try:
# /etc/rc.d/jail start

Your rc.conf entries look ok, BTW. (It may not be necessary to start procfs, though, depending on what you're doing.)

-------- edit ----------------

I just took a closer look at your df output. (I didn't read carefully enough the first time.) What in the world is going on with that /home filesystem?

Originally Posted by chris

i guess because the 'normal' fstab setup for freebsd would be /home symlinking to /usr/home ?

Normally /home is a symlink to /usr/home.

[chris]

Dear oh dear i made such a silly error, I can't believe i took so long to realise

# Jails - specific
jail_irc_rootdir="/usr/home/jail/irc"

should be

jail_irc_rootdir="/home/jail/irc"

*sighs*
Thx guys lol

---Edit---

Yeah anomie i was also surprised to see /home/ existing rather than /usr/home, I don't know if that was the default for FreeBSD 7.0-Release (unlikely) or weather the data center configured it that way for some reason.

[Carpetsmoker]

/var is also MIA, and so is /usr.

This is a typical Linux layout.