From 165234d5527440b7755b01554ff7633e33c0d285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamie Gritton Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 13:35:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] jail.conf(5): Fix and expand description of ".include". Escape a period that caused a line not to be includesd. Also mention that glob(3) patterns may be included, and a consequence of that. PR: 273561 Reported by: crest@rlwinm.de Reviewed by: emaste MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D41723 --- usr.sbin/jail/jail.conf.5 | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.conf.5 index 33a66c85e7ea..0b82a972020c 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.conf.5 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd Jun 3, 2023 +.Dd September 5, 2023 .Dt JAIL.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -164,11 +164,22 @@ and .Ss Includes A line of the form .Bd -literal -offset ident -.include "filename"; +\&.include "filename"; .Ed .Pp -will include another file in the configuration. The filename must be -a literal string, and cannot contain variable expansions. +will include another file (or files) in the configuration. +The filename should be either absolute, or relative to the +configuration file's directory. It cannot contain variable +expansions, but may contain +.Xr glob 3 +patterns. +.Pp +The included file must exist, though a filename glob may match zero or +more files. This allows inclusion of any/all files in a directory, +such as +.Dq /etc/jail.conf.d/*.conf , +or conditional inclusion of a single file, such as +.Dq jail.foo[.]conf . .Ss Comments The configuration file may contain comments in the common C, C++, and shell formats: