[Lxc-users] lxc-create -t ubuntu -- --bindhome user incompatible with nfs home directories?

[Dan Kegel]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
>> On ubuntu 12.04, using its lxc,
>> when I try to use containers created with --bindhome to
>> bind an nfs home directory into a container, Bad Things Happen.
>> In particular, the nfs home directory starts hanging on every
>> operation.
>> (You can see gory logs on
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1043018 )
>>
>> Has anyone else run into this?
>
> Aw, foo.  Now I can't reproduce it.  Grumble.  I'll keep an eye
> it and file a bug if I spot it again.  But I might just shy away
> from using nfs home directories on general principles anyway...

Bug filed, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1051080

Now to see about rewriting our build scripts to not assume nfs works.