[Lxc-users] Use lxc as root or not?

[Daniel Baumann]

On 01/17/2012 02:35 PM, allen wrote:
> Does that mean I must user lxc as a root user?

yes; unless you use lxc-setcap, see lxc documentation/manpage.

> Why is this necessary?

because manipulating cgroups is a privileged operation.

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