Minimal set of pkbase packages

[Grzegorz Junka]

On 11/04/2020 16:21, Grzegorz Junka wrote:
> Can anyone help with a minimal set of packages to install and start a 
> functional jail? By functional I mean one that allows to login as root 
> with jexec jailname sh.
>
> Actually, is there any description available what each package is for? 
> Files +MANIFEST and +COMPACT_MANIFEST don't seem to convey any 
> description.
>

I just figured out myself. Mostly followed from 
http://freebsd.1045724.x6.nabble.com/Creating-jails-from-pkgbase-packages-tt6327893.html

Basically, on the host on which pkg-base is already installed and working:

Create /jail/test/etc (where jail/test is the jail's root)

scp worldstage/etc/master.password from the build directory, e.g. 
/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/worldstage/etc/master.password, to 
/jail/test/etc

Then install with

pkg -r /jail/test install FreeBSD-runtime

Runtime's postinstall will automatically use the master.password to 
populate appropriate files. Then create jail.conf as usually. That 
allows to start a minimal jail and jexec sh to it.


I wonder, why /etc/master.password isn't automatically included in any 
of the base packages?


--GrzegorzJ