Let's export the 'container' variable and let init receive it as a kernel command line option.
In the upstart init scripts, we can distinguish if we are in a container context or not. =============================================================================== # /dev/console - getty # # This service maintains a getty on /dev/console from the point the # system is started until it is shut down again. # It only runs in lxc containers. start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345] stop on runlevel [!2345] env container pre-start script [ "x$container" != "xlxc" ] && { stop; exit 0; } exit 0; end script respawn exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 /dev/console =============================================================================== Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezc...@fr.ibm.com> --- src/lxc/lxc_start.c | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_start.c b/src/lxc/lxc_start.c index 661764a..4f3d964 100644 --- a/src/lxc/lxc_start.c +++ b/src/lxc/lxc_start.c @@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) my_args.progname, my_args.quiet)) return err; + if (putenv("container=lxc")) { + SYSERROR("failed to set environment variable"); + return err; + } + /* rcfile is specified in the cli option */ if (my_args.rcfile) rcfile = (char *)my_args.rcfile; -- 1.7.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Lxc-devel mailing list Lxc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel