Error running mod_perl on Apache within FreeBSD jail

["Briggs, Chris" <Ch...@uk.fid-intl.com>]

I am running Apache 1.3 in a FreeBSD jail which works as expected. 

Next I added in mod_perl 1.0 by installing, adding the entry to the
httpd.conf file to load dynamically and copy across the libraries to the
jail. 

I also copied the usr/bin/perl file and the directories under perl5 to
the jail, however apache will no longer start as it is displaying an
error as follows: 

Can't open perl script "/dev/null": Operation not supported 

I have tried removing and recreating the /dev/null device in the jail,
(as it was already there and working for the standard Apache install)
but to no avail. Any ideas as to what to try next - is anyone else using
Apache/Perl in a FreeBSD jail, I want to make the server secure as it
will be storing confidential data, however, perhaps there is a better
way.

Thank you in advance for any help

Chris




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Re: Error running mod_perl on Apache within FreeBSD jail

[Fred Moyer <fr...@redhotpenguin.com>]

Briggs, Chris wrote:
> I am running Apache 1.3 in a FreeBSD jail which works as expected. 
> 
> Next I added in mod_perl 1.0 by installing, adding the entry to the
> httpd.conf file to load dynamically and copy across the libraries to the
> jail. 
> 
> I also copied the usr/bin/perl file and the directories under perl5 to
> the jail, however apache will no longer start as it is displaying an
> error as follows: 

the Perl binary isn't relocatable (at least up to 5.10) so I don't think 
that you can just copy the binary, and the libraries and it will just 
work.  I'm not too familiar with how bsd jails work, but you might want 
to try downloading perl and compiling from source within the jail, and 
doing the same for mod_perl and Apache.

Does free bsd have a decent virtual machine that you could use instead 
of a jail?  Then you would be able to avoid this problem.  Chroot jails 
are old and busted, virtualization is the new hotness, at least that's 
what I've heard.

- Fred