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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Kelley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 17 November 2016 15:46<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not sure how well that will work unless your unprivileged containers have the same UID/GID between your LXD servers. Looking forward to your test results :-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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