On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 12:15:04AM +0200, Gilles wrote: > Hello. > > > > I've started (and stopped) the vserver *once*, now I can't start it > > > anymore, the error is as before: > > > ----- > > > vcontext: vc_create_context(): File exists > > > > unusual .. but I would conclude that 'somehow' your > > vserver does something with the init on your host > > so I would suggest to look for things like ... > > > > - devices inside the vserver which should not be there > > - pipes/fifos leading out of the vserver > > # ls -al /var/lib/vservers/phony/dev > total 1 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 264 Apr 26 11:46 . > drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 504 Apr 26 11:46 .. > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Apr 20 18:46 full > prw------- 1 root root 0 Apr 27 18:54 initctl > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Apr 20 18:46 null > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 5, 2 Apr 20 18:46 ptmx > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Apr 20 18:46 pts > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 8 Apr 20 18:46 random > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 5, 0 Apr 20 18:46 tty > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 9 Apr 27 18:53 urandom > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Apr 20 18:46 zero > > Something wrong with that? > > Indeed there is one pipe; should it be there or not? > How does one know whether it leads to some forbidden place?
well, just for a test, I'd remove the initctl ... it should be auto created inside the vserver by init > > 99% of such strange issues are caused by bad vserver > > guest setups ... > > The vserver was built with the debootstrap method; after which > I deleted quite some supposedly not indispensable packages. > I'm in fact trying to get the cleanest possible setup so that > I can use "vserver-copy" to clone it afterwards. > [There used to be a link, somewhere on the vserver pages, to a > repository of ready-to-use vservers but it was a dangling link. > It would be interesting (?) to have such a repository with > general-purpose setups...] well, they come and go, probably because of the amount of data transferred for a single image ... best, Herbert > Best regards, > Gilles > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [email protected] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
