Run Postinit/Shutdown command in jail at boot.

[Babovand]

Hello

I've not been able to figure out have to make my jail run simple commands at boot (postinit) like in Nas4Free webGui.
For example, rtorrent does not come with a rc.d script, and the program needs to be attached to another shell window like screen and tmux.

How to auto run commands each time you start/restart the jail?

[Snunn1]

Add the following to your rc.conf.local for the jails i.e. /jail/rc.conf.local, changing the <JAILNAME> to the name of your jail and adding your startup/shutdown commands between the speechmarks:

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jail_<JAILNAME>_exec_start="ENTER STARTUP COMMAND HERE"
jail_<JAILNAME>_exec_stop="ENTER SHUTDOWN COMMAND HERE"

Hope this Helps
Snunn1

[Babovand]

Add the following to your rc.conf.local for the jails i.e. /jail/rc.conf.local, changing the <JAILNAME> to the name of your jail and adding your startup/shutdown commands between the speechmarks:
Snunn1

I cannot find rc.conf.local in /etc/ inside my jail, or anywhere else for that matter. where should it be? inside finch chroot or inside jail? i cant find it inside finch chroot

[Snunn1]

I cannot find rc.conf.local in /etc/ inside my jail, or anywhere else for that matter. where should it be? inside finch chroot or inside jail? i cant find it inside finch chroot

Your original post didn't mention Finch so I thought you might have been using TheBrig or the Wiki method. I'm not too familiar with Finch, you'd be better asking dreamcat4 how to do it.

Regards
Snunn1

[Snunn1]

On my system using the Wiki method, my rc.conf.local is in /jail/conf on the host.

[dreamcat4]

The best thing to do is type "man rc" and read the official FreeBSD manpages. They explain everything about system startup.

It is the script "/etc/rc" and "etc/shutdown" which start everything up. The reason why rc.local file does not exist is because it is always like that on the official FreeBSD distribution.

[dreamcat4]

Or here is a web-link:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc