[Lxc-users] lxc-execute fails to exec lxc-init

[Fajar A. Nugraha]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Peter Gillard-Moss
<pgillard at thoughtworks.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wondered if you could help.
>
> I have installed lxc-init from the Ubuntu package repos for both Natty and
> Oneiric and both fail on lxc-execute with the same error.
>
> Versions used are 0.7.4-0ubuntu7.2 (Natty) and 0.7.5-0ubuntu8.5 (Oneiric)
>
> I wondered if you could help me understand what I am doing wrong?
>
> I start by creating a container:
>    sudo lxc-create -n test -t natty -f /etc/lxc/lxc.conf
>
> I then run lxc-execute like so:
>    sudo lxc-execute --name test 'echo "Hello"'
> And I get the following response:
>    lxc-execute: No such file or directory - failed to exec
> /usr/lib/lxc/lxc-init
>    lxc-execute: invalid sequence number 1. expected 2
>    lxc-execute: failed to spawn 'test'

IMHO lxc-execute should come with a BIG warning "DON'T USE UNLESS YOU
REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" :P

Anyway, to answer you question, if you want to use lxc-execute, you
need to have lxc installed in the guets container as well. To be
accurate, you need /usr/lib/lxc/lxc-init inside the guest container.

"lxc-create" does NOT install lxc in guest container because it's not
needed for "nornal" operation (e.g. lxc-start).

-- 
Fajar