[lxc-users] Ownership changes after container move

[Norberto Bensa]

Hi,

what prodecure did you use to move the container?

I usually use tar: cd /var/lib/lxc/ ; tar --numeric-owner -zcpf
containter.tar container/, then, tar -zxpf container.tar in the target host.

HTH,
Norberto


2015-11-10 6:10 GMT-03:00 Jamie Brown <Jamie.Brown at mpec.co.uk>:

> Hi,
>
> I’ve discovered that some file ownership changes have occurred after
> moving stopped containers between hosts.
>
> Prior to the move there were various user directories (e.g. “/home/jamie”)
> with ownership set to jamie:jamie. After moving, the ownership was changed
> to ubuntu:ubuntu.
>
> I discovered the issue when attempting to SSH to the moved host and was
> prompted to enter my password as I no longer owned my authorized_keys file.
>
> I will try to repeat this, but I can confirm it has happened on multiple
> containers.
>
> — Jamie
>
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