introduced a console subcommand that allows attaching to a jail by it jailname. Also added documentation for that and the magic rc.d/ezjail.sh-proxy introduced before

ezjail-admin

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ezjail_flavours=${ezjail_flavours:-"${ezjail_jaildir}/flavours"}
 ezjail_portscvsroot=${ezjail_portscvsroot:-":pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.at.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs"}
 ezjail_sourcetree=${ezjail_sourcetree:-"/usr/src"}
 ezjail_uglyperlhack=${ezjail_uglyperlhack:-"YES"}
+ezjail_default_execute=${ezjail_default_execute:-"/bin/sh"}
 
 ezjail_mount_enable=${ezjail_mount_enable:-"YES"}
 ezjail_devfs_enable=${ezjail_devfs_enable:-"YES"}
@@ -33,12 +34,13 @@ ezjail_dirlist="bin boot lib libexec rescue sbin usr/bin usr/games usr/include u
 case `uname -p` in amd64) ezjail_dirlist="${ezjail_dirlist} usr/lib32";; esac
 
 # Synopsis messages
-ezjail_usage_ezjailadmin="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} [config|create|delete|install|list|update] {params}"
+ezjail_usage_ezjailadmin="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} [config|console|create|delete|install|list|update] {params}"
 ezjail_usage_install="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} install [-mps] [-h host] [-r release]"
 ezjail_usage_create="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} create [-xbi] [-f flavour] [-r jailroot] [-s size] [-c bde|eli] [-C args] jailname jailip"
 ezjail_usage_delete="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} delete [-w] jailname"
 ezjail_usage_update="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} update [-s sourcetree] [-i] [-pP]"
 ezjail_usage_config="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} config [-r run|norun] [-n newname] [-i attach|detach|fsck] jailname"
+ezjail_usage_console="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} console [-f] [-e command] jailname"
 ezjail_usage_list="Usage: ${ezjail_admin} list"
 
 ################################
@@ -639,6 +641,53 @@ install)
 
   exerr "Could not find ezjail's rc.d script in ${ezjail_prefix}/etc/rc.d/. You need to type it the long way."
   ;;
+######################## ezjail-admin CONSOLE ########################
+console)
+  # Clean variables, prevent polution
+  unset ezjail_execute ezjail_forcestart
+
+  shift; while getopts :e:f arg; do case ${arg} in
+    e) ezjail_execute=${OPTARG};;
+    f) ezjail_forcestart="YES";;
+    ?) exerr ${ezjail_usage_console};;
+  esac; done; shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
+
+  # we need name of jail to attach to
+  [ $# -eq 1 ] || exerr ${ezjail_usage_console}
+
+  # Get all info we have on that jail
+  fetchjailinfo $1
+
+  # check for existence of jail in our records
+  [ -n "${ezjail_config}" ] || exerr "Error: Nothing known about jail ${ezjail_name}."
+
+  # if jail is not running, we either try to force start it or fail
+  if [ -z "${ezjail_id}" ]; then
+
+    # If force start is requested, try that
+    [ -n "$ezjail_forcestart}" ] || exerr "Error: Jail ${ezjail_name} appears not to be running, start it first (or use console -f for force start)."
+
+    echo "Trying to bring up ${ezjail_name} ..."
+    # Try to locate and run ezjails rc.d script
+    if [ -x "${ezjail_prefix}/etc/rc.d/ezjail" ]; then
+      (exec "${ezjail_prefix}/etc/rc.d/ezjail" start ${ezjail_name});
+    elif [ -x "${ezjail_prefix}/etc/rc.d/ezjail.sh" ]; then
+      (exec "${ezjail_prefix}/etc/rc.d/ezjail.sh" start ${ezjail_name});
+    else
+      exerr "Could not find ezjail's rc.d script in ${ezjail_prefix}/etc/rc.d/. You need to start ${ezjail_name} by hand."
+    fi
+
+    # See, if it is running now
+    fetchjailinfo ${ezjail_name}
+
+    [ -n "${ezjail_id}" ] || exerr "Error: Could not start ${ezjail_name}. You need to start it by hand."
+  fi
+
+  # Try to attach to jail
+  [ -n "${ezjail_execute}" ] && exec jexec ${ezjail_id} ${ezjail_execute}
+
+  exec jexec ${ezjail_id} ${ezjail_default_execute}
+  ;;
 ######################## ezjail-admin CONFIG ########################
 config)
   # Clean variables, prevent polution

ezjail.conf.sample

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 # This is where the install sub command defaults to fetch its packages from
 # ezjail_ftphost=ftp.freebsd.org
 
+# This is the command that is being executed by the console subcommand
+# ezjail_default_execute=/bin/sh
+
 # base jail will provide a soft link from /usr/bin/perl to /usr/local/bin/perl
 # to accomodate all scripts using '#!/usr/bin/perl'...
 # ezjail_uglyperlhack="YES"

man1/ezjail-admin.1

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ ezjail-admin \- Administrate ezjail
 .T
 .B ezjail-admin config\fR [-r run|norun] [-n newname] [-i attach|detach|fsck]\fI jailname
 
+.T
+.B ezjail-admin console\fR [-f] [-e command]\fI jailname
+
 .T
 .B ezjail-admin install\fR [-mps] [-h host] [-r release]
 
@@ -22,8 +25,11 @@ ezjail-admin \- Administrate ezjail
 .B ezjail-admin update\fR [-s sourcetree] [-i] [-pP]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fB ezjail-admin\fR tool is used to manage jails inside the ezjail
-scope. It is not used to start or stop ezjails jails. Refer to \fIezjail(5)\fR
-for more details.
+scope.
+
+It can also be used to start or stop and to get a console in ezjails
+jails by proxying everything looking like
+\fBezjail-admin start\fR, \fBstop\fR or \fBrestart\fR to the ezjail rc.d script.
 .SH ezjail-admin create
 copies the template jail to the root of a new jail, whose name and IP
 address are provided as mandatory parameters.
@@ -87,6 +93,12 @@ renamed as well.
 You can attach image jails for administrative purposes by the -i attach
 option and detach them with -i detach. It is not possible to run or delete
 an attached jail. You can force fscking a jail image with the -i fsck command.
+.SH ezjail-admin console
+Attaches your console to a jail by executing a jexec with its jid.
+
+The command executed in that jail defaults to /bin/sh but can be set with the
+-e modifier or by the ezjail_default_execute config variable. A non-running
+jail is not started by default. If you want that, force it with -f.
 .SH ezjail-admin install
 fetches everything needed to setup a base jail from an FTP server and 
 installs it.

man5/ezjail.conf.5

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ This is where the install sub command defaults to fetch its packages from
 Set to YES, if ezjail should provide a soft link from /usr/bin/perl to /usr/local/bin/perl in base jail.
 .br
 .I default: YES
+.TP
+.B ezjail_default_execute (str)
+This is the default command executed in a jail by ezjail-admin console.
+.br
+.I default: YES
 .SH JAIL CREATION OPTIONS
 Default options for newly created jails. Used by the
 .B ezjail-admin(1)