FreeBSD Jails in Mac OS X

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I was wondering if FreeBSD Jails are available on Mac OS X or perhaps an equivalent?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '11 at 00:31

Jails are not available on OSX.

The closest alternative with a similar application for security available would be chroot.

The differences, benefits and drawbacks of chroot vs. jail can fill days worth of discussion / flamewars. Depending on what you try to accomplish, chroots may however be a viable alternative.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '11 at 23:50

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Nope. For info, the question was once asked on the FreeBSD forum

answered Jun 27 '11 at 23:50

Rob Cowie

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 21 '20 at 18:42

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Yes, you can run jails with xhyve on macos.

answered Apr 21 '20 at 18:42

Egor Kuzmichev

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How? I guess running jails _inside_ any virtualization on Mac OS is not what OP asked for; but rather for a _native_ process isolation solution _without_ running an OS kernel supporting it. – Christian Ulbrich Jun 23 '20 at 09:39

FreeBSD Jails in Mac OS X

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