Try in quantal. I think Stephane got it all fixed back up there. Looking at the diff, pulling the lxc-start-ephemeral out of the quantal package and using it in precise might work just fine.
Quoting Dan Kegel (d...@kegel.com): > Not sure what's up with this, but on my ubuntu 12.04.1 system, > lxc-start-ephemeral seems to trip over its shoelaces: > $ lxc-start-ephemeral -o precise5-ubu10 > Setting up ephemeral container... > mkdir: cannot create directory > `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/rootfs': Permission denied > mount: mount point /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/rootfs > does not exist > cp: cannot stat `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/config': > Permission denied > cp: cannot stat `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/fstab': > Permission denied > cp: cannot stat > `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/rootfs.hold': Permission > denied > sed: can't read /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/fstab: No > such file or directory > sed: can't read /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/config: No > such file or directory > sed: can't read > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/rootfs/etc/hostname: No such > file or directory > sed: can't read > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/rootfs/etc/hosts: No such > file or directory > cp: cannot stat `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/fstab': No > such file or directory > /usr/bin/lxc-start-ephemeral: line 160: > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/fstab.old: Permission denied > mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/config': No > such file or directory > /usr/bin/lxc-start-ephemeral: line 160: > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-ZXnntF1/config.old: Permission denied > Starting up the container... > > And then it hangs. > > Adding a sudo to that mkdir gets rid of a couple errors, but then I still see > > > $ lxc-start-ephemeral -o precise5-ubu10 > Setting up ephemeral container... > cp: cannot stat `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/config': > Permission denied > cp: cannot stat `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/fstab': > Permission denied > cp: cannot stat > `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/rootfs.hold': Permission > denied > sed: can't read /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/fstab: No > such file or directory > sed: can't read /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/config: No > such file or directory > cp: cannot stat `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/fstab': No > such file or directory > /usr/bin/lxc-start-ephemeral: line 160: > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/fstab.old: Permission denied > mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/config': No > such file or directory > /usr/bin/lxc-start-ephemeral: line 160: > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-G5kNWUW/config.old: Permission denied > Starting up the container... > > and it still hangs. > > Running with bash -x shows: > ... > + sudo cp /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/fstab > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/fstab.old > + sudo tee /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/fstab > /usr/bin/lxc-start-ephemeral: line 160: > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/fstab.old: Permission denied > + '[' -n '' ']' > + c=/var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/config > + sudo mv /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/config > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/config.old > + sudo tee /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/config > /usr/bin/lxc-start-ephemeral: line 160: > /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/config.old: Permission denied > + sudo rm -f /var/lib/lxc/precise5-ubu10-temp-UZ8wtxV/config.old > + start_container > ... > > Mysterious. Whereas just running the whole script as root works. > > Maybe it's time to purge all the sudo's out of it. > > Or maybe the great initctl explosion of '12 has messed with my machine... > - Dan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Lxc-users mailing list > Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users
