http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-mount_nullf-usrports-inside-jail/ as host root -- D=/jail/www # mkdir -p $D/usr/ports # mount_nullfs /usr/ports $D/usr/ports ## you may umount ports after you finished jailed port install as jailed root -- /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade jj# rehash jj# pkgdb -Ff portupgrade -f p5\* portupgrade -fr perl /usr/ports/net/dropbox-api-command Now login to jail called www (jail id # 10): Try to install apache22: ~/bin/sync_dropbox into crontab