[lxc-users] Running unprotected system container

[Fajar A. Nugraha]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 6:26 PM Koehler, Yannick
<yannick.koehler at hpe.com> wrote:
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> Hi Fajar,
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> If I use a Ubuntu image it works fine and I can run bash within the container. So I know the issue is somehow related to my imported image but I fail to understand why at this time.
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> All the files in the imported tarball were uid/gid 0, I can run the /sbin/init and that script can run other binaries inside the container with no issue.  But when I try to do “exec c1 /bin/ash” in that prompt I am getting permission denied on everything, using absolute paths also didn’t work.
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> I am wondering if it has to do with container being armhf while host is arm64, and somehow “exec” vs “launch/start” would fail to set things accordingly?  Or if I need to do some other tricks in my tarball?

You should've mentioned arm64/armhf thing earlier.

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> Is there a way to force install / launch an armhf ubuntu image as to validate/eliminate the armhf/arm64 variable?

Try something like

lxc launch --vm images:ubuntu/focal/armhf test1

I haven't tested it. Might work.

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Fajar