[lxc-users] lxc-destroy not working when run by cron

[Claudio Kuenzler]

Hello,

Been pulling my hair out (what's left of it) because a script basically
used for auto-re-creation of containers is working when I launch it
manually, but the very same script does not work when run by cron.

I narrowed it down to the "lxc-destroy" command which simply does not do
anything when run by cron. You can reproduce it with a simple cronjob like
this:

03 08 * * * lxc-stop -n mycontainer && lxc-destroy -n mycontainer

What happens then? The container is correctly stopped - but remains
stopped. The container is still showing up in lxc-ls (in state STOPPED).

I suspect there is a problem deleting the logical volume (lxc.rootfs) of
the container when lxc-destroy is launched, because a quick "lvs" after the
cronjob ran through still shows the LV of the container.

Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, 3.16.0-48-generic, lxc 1.0.7-0ubuntu0.2

Any ideas?

cheers,
ck
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