[lxc-users] why does ssh + lxc hang? (used to work)

[Kees Bos]

Did you try '-T, --force-noninteractive' ?
(Disable pseudo-terminal allocation)

i.e.
laptop$ ssh root at host "/snap/bin/lxc exec container -T -- date"



On Sun, 2019-02-24 at 21:33 +0900, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> This works (executed on a host):
> 
> host# lxc exec container -- date
> Sun Feb 24 12:25:21 UTC 2019
> host#
> 
> This however hangs and doesn't return (executed from a remote
> system, 
> i.e. your laptop or a different server):
> 
> laptop$ ssh root at host "export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin ; lxc exec
> container 
> -- date"
> Sun Feb 24 12:28:04 UTC 2019
> (...command does not return...)
> 
> Or a direct path to lxc binary - also hangs:
> 
> laptop$ ssh root at host "/snap/bin/lxc exec container -- date"
> Sun Feb 24 12:29:54 UTC 2019
> (...command does not return...)
> 
> 
> Of course a simple "date" execution via ssh on the host does not
> hang:
> 
> laptop$ ssh root at host date
> Sun Feb 24 12:31:33 UTC 2019
> laptop$
> 
> 
> Why do commands executed via ssh and lxc hang? It used to work some
> 1-2 
> months ago, not sure with which lxd version it regressed like this.
> 
> 
> Tomasz Chmielewski
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