jail name is interpreted as jid when numeric

[Nikos Vassiliadis]

I see. I wasn't sure what it was, hence the question.

Thanks for the explanation Jamie.

On 3/23/2012 3:39 PM, Jamie Gritton wrote:
> It might seem clear with the dot-separated names that asd.asd.1 isn't
> the same as jail 1. But looking from the viewpoint of asd.asd, that jail
> would simply be "1". As jails may be referred to by either number or
> name, it made sense to exclude jails whose name was a number, except in
> the special case of it being the same as the jid. Otherwise there's the
> confusion of a jail having two different numbers (one really being a
> name), or of a number referring to two different jails.
>
> So while this does seem to break the dot-separate namespace concept,
> it's necessary because jails aren't always referred to by the full
> hierarchical name.
>
> - Jamie
>
>
> On 03/22/12 11:18, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
>> I found this somehow strange behavior and I am reporting it
>> just to hear your opinions.
>>
>>> lab# jail -c name=asd persist
>>> lab# jail -c name=asd.asd persist
>>
>> asd is interpreted as jail asd.asd
>>
>>> lab# jail -c name=asd.asd.1 persist
>>> jail: jail 1 already exists
>>
>> 1 is interpreted as jail 1
>>
>> This has to do with the fact that a numeric name is interpreted as jid
>> and this breaks the dot-seperated hierarchical jails concept.
>> I find this behavior somehow strange. Is it intended or it's bug?
>>
>> Thanks for your insights, Nikos