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

[Stéphane Graber]

This is https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/5519

On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 1:34 PM Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> 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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Stéphane