[lxc-users] Can't Start Unprivileged Container in Ubuntu

Josh Ford ford at ford-legal.com
Wed Feb 11 23:00:38 UTC 2015


Got it.  I'm guessing my home isn't 755 because it is encrypted.  

Thanks again!

On February 11, 2015 5:57:27 PM EST, "Fajar A. Nugraha" <list at fajar.net> wrote:
>On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:16 PM,  <jqford at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> jimmy at jimmyscomputer:~$ lxc-start -n p1 -F
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "lxc-start: start.c: print_top_failing_dir: 102 Permission denied -
>could
>>>> not access /home/jimmy.  Please grant it 'x' access, or add an ACL
>for the
>>>> container root.
>
>> So I should just move the lxc.rootfs outside of /home/jimmy/ to a
>place
>> where 100000 can access it?
>
>One way to do it. But not the ONLY way.
>The other way would be to keep it where it is and do what the error
>message says about "x".
>
>> Would this still be considered an unprivileged
>> container?
>
>Yes
>
>> My system is pretty much plain vanilla.  Wondering if other
>> people that followed the  "Creating unprivileged containers as a
>user" under
>> the Getting Started guide found at
>> https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/getting-started/ ran into the same
>issue
>
>Not if their home directory has 755 permission by default, which is
>what I get on ubuntu 14.04
>
>-- 
>Fajar
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