[Lxc-users] automount in the container

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 09/24/2010 09:02 AM, Helmut Lichtenberg wrote:
> Hi,
> I set up my first container and want to mount the home directories for the
> users with automount/autofs5.
>
> During installation of autofs5 in the container, it complained that it can't
> create /dev/autofs. Create this node with mknod was possible but did not help.
> When I want to step into the automount dir it seems to hang (the prompt does
> not return).
>
> Also bind mounting the mount point for the automount directory on the host
> into the container did not work. Even when the nfs-directories are mounted on
> the host, they are not visible in the container.
>
> Background: Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid both in host and container
>              lxc tools 0.7.2-1
>              kernel    2.6.32-5-amd64
>              autofs5   5.0.4-3.1
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Helmut
>
>    
Can you check if adding the following line in /var/lib/lxc/<name>/config 
fix your problem ?

lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 10:52 rwm # dev/autofs

Thanks
   -- Daniel