FreeBSD Jail Allow Sound And Flash Access

To allow sound and flash access in a FreeBSD jail, you need to configure the jail to have access to the appropriate devices and create symlinks to the appropriate sound and flash devices.

Here’s how to do this:

  1. Create a new directory in the jail to mount the necessary devices:
mkdir /jail/dev
  1. Mount the devices inside the jail:
mount -t devfs devfs /jail/dev
  1. Create symlinks to the sound and flash devices:
ln -s /dev/dsp /jail/dev/dsp
ln -s /dev/sndstat /jail/dev/sndstat
  1. Modify the jail configuration to allow access to the newly created symlinks:
echo 'dev/dsp "rw"' >> /etc/jail.conf
echo 'dev/sndstat "rw"' >> /etc/jail.conf
  1. Restart the jail for the changes to take effect:
jail -r jail_name

Note: Replace jail_name with the name of your jail.

After these steps, the jail should have access to sound and flash devices and you should be able to run applications that require these devices inside the jail.

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