[lxc-users] authentication in containers jacked-up!

[Christian Brauner]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 09:22:07AM -0400, Ray Jender wrote:
> So in Ubuntu 16.04.4 I created  4 LXD containers using LXC. From the host I
> created the first container then did $ lxc copy containter1 container2 , 1
> to 3 and 1 to 4.
> 
> It was a challenge for me to make them accessible from the outside world but
> I conquered that.
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> Now however I cannot su or sudo inside the containers?  For instance:
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> sudo find / -name testfile -print
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> sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified
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> also.
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> When I do   $  lxc exec container1  /bin/bash  from the host:
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> I am put in:  ray at container1:/root$  // The "/root"  does not seem correct?
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> Also.
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> ray at container2:/etc$  visudo
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> visudo: /etc/sudoers: Permission denied
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> ray@ container2:/etc$  su visudo
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> su: must be run from a terminal
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> ray@ container 2:/etc$  sudo visudo
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> sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified
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> Also when I try to putty into the container, I get the "login as:"  prompt,
> but when I enter the user name, I get:
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> puTTY Fatal Error
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> Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent:
> publickey)
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> (same error from WinSCP)
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> Any idea what I am missing?
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> Thanks, appreciate your help on this.

What containers (distro) are you creating?
What LXD version and what LXC version?

Christian