Quoting Ward, David - 0663 - MITLL (david.w...@ll.mit.edu): > Michael, Serge, > > On 01/09/2013 03:38 PM, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > >4) clearenv and putenv( "container=lxc" ) calls were moved to just after > >the "start" hook in the container just prior to actually firing up the > >container so we could use environment variables prior to that and have > >them flushed them before firing up init. Nice side effect is that you > >can define environment variables and then call lxc-start and have them > >show up in those hooks scripts. > > Since the call to clearenv() was moved to do_start(), it also gets > called when running lxc-execute. If I set up a very simple > container with only utsname/network namespaces, and do: > > lxc-execute -n $CONTAINER -- bash > > then the PATH and HOME environment variables are no longer > propagated into new shell, for example. (In Fedora at least, these > environment variables are set in /etc/profile, which does not get > sourced by /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc by default.) > > Is this the desired behavior for lxc-execute now, or was it an > unintended side-effect? Also keep in mind that if I do: > > lxc-attach -n $CONTAINER -- bash > > the environment variables are not cleared there before opening the > shell (regardless of whether the container was started with > lxc-start or lxc-execute)...this may need to be adjusted.
Hi, good question. I mean yes that was what we were thinking, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing. lxc-execute means "set up this container with a dummy init and run this task in it." I personally think that should mean a clear environment as set up by a shell in the container, but I don't use lxc-execute and my opinion shouldn't mean much. Others? -serge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Lxc-devel mailing list Lxc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel
