jails Using mdconfig inside jail

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ikevin8me

I need to use mdconfig inside a jail, but I'm hit with "Error mdconfig: open(/dev/mdctl): No such file or directory". I think I need to "allow" it in the jail.conf but couldnt figure out what it is. Please help.
 
I think it is not possible and you have to do it from outside the jail.
Just like you cannot use a unionfs inside a jail.
You could try to add allow.mount.md or allow.mount.mdfs to /etc/jail.conf. But I think it are not allowed commands. Or check if mount.devfs;allow.mount.devfs; in /etc/jail.conf is sufficient.
A workaround is do a md mount outside the jail and a nullfs mount inside the jail.
 
I tried:
Code: 
[devfsrules_mdc=6]
add include $devfsrules_jail
add path 'md*' unhide
add path 'md*' mode 0777
in /etc/devfs.rules

and the error changed to:
Code: 
Error:mount: /dev/md0 Operation not permitted.
 
That error was resolved earlier (after adding devfs.rules) and I’m now stuck with: “Error:mount: /dev/md0 Operation not permitted.”
 
ikevin8me said:
That error was resolved earlier
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Ah, missed that one. My bad. But there is progress, now it is the mount that fails. As covacat already asked, what is that mount command and if you use /dev/md0 there, what are user and group of it?
 
ikevin8me said:
in /etc/devfs.rules
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Did you actually apply those rules in your jail.conf?
Code: 
    devfs_ruleset
             The number of the devfs ruleset that is enforced for mounting
             devfs in this jail.  A value of zero (default) means no ruleset
             is enforced.  Descendant jails inherit the parent jail's devfs
             ruleset enforcement.  Mounting devfs inside a jail is possible
             only if the allow.mount and allow.mount.devfs permissions are
             effective and enforce_statfs is set to a value lower than 2.
             Devfs rules and rulesets cannot be viewed or modified from inside
             a jail.
 
The commands are:
# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f <ISOFILE>.iso
# mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /cdrom

The error is: "Error:mount: /dev/md0 Operation not permitted." - when executed inside jail.

Note: I've tried standard user, wheel user and root user - inside jail - and they all show the same error.

Also, just for notes:
- for the .iso file, I've tested with the FreeBSD...disc1.iso file.
- when I execute "mdconfig" inside jail, the memory disks also appear in the host as md0, md1, md2, etc.
- I've tested outside jail (ie. in the host) and it works (ie. it gets mounted)

I need to get this to work inside the jail.

Add: This is probably a related problem.
 
it seems that only "jail-friendly" file systems can be mounted from inside a jail and cd9660 is not one of them (but fusefs is)
so you may have success with FUSEISO9660
 
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