Why doesn't 'jexec hostname' work for executing into a jail?

[Supa]

I know I can get a list of the jails via 'jls' and enter the shell using the # but it changes periodically... and I have a cron job that relies on entering the jail.

Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[danb35]

It does work. What problems are you having?

 

[Jurgen Segaert]

The hostname (or jail name) is not identical to the jail ID; iocage adds a prefix "ioc-" to make up the jail ID, so if your jail is called plex, you need to do jexec ioc-plex
Also, if there's a dot in the name, it will be replaced with an underscore.

Run jls -N to see the actual jail IDs. Note that only jails that are "up" will be listed.

 

[danb35]

Hadn't run into that before; I'd just used iocage exec jailname command. jexec jailname command works for warden jails, though.