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JEXEC(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual JEXEC(8)
NAME
jexec - execute a command inside an existing jail
SYNOPSIS
jexec [-l] [-u username | -U username] jail [command ...]
DESCRIPTION
The jexec utility executes command inside the jail identified by its jid
or name. If command is not specified then the user's shell is used.
The following options are available:
-l Execute in a clean environment. The environment is discarded
except for HOME, SHELL, TERM, USER, and anything from the login
class capability database for the user. PATH is set to
"/bin:/usr/bin".
-u username
The user name from host environment as whom the command should
run. This is the default.
-U username
The user name from jailed environment as whom the command should
run.
SEE ALSO
jail_attach(2), jail(8), jls(8)
HISTORY
The jexec utility was added in FreeBSD 5.1.
BUGS
If the jail is not identified by jid there is a possible race in between
the lookup of the jail and executing the command inside the jail. Giving
a jid has a similar race as another process can stop the jail and start
another one after the user looked up the jid.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 April 24, 2016 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11