[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager PATCH] man: add a example of how to config user namespace for LXC

Chen Hanxiao chen_han_xiao at 126.com
Tue Feb 11 14:45:50 UTC 2014



On 02/11/2014 09:00 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 02/10/2014 10:04 PM, Chen Hanxiao wrote:
>> From: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
>>
>> update virt-xml man page and add a example.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>   man/virt-xml.pod | 4 ++++
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/man/virt-xml.pod b/man/virt-xml.pod
>> index 44f6353..177b4b9 100644
>> --- a/man/virt-xml.pod
>> +++ b/man/virt-xml.pod
>> @@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ Generate XML for a virtio console device and print it to stdout:
>>
>>     # virt-xml --build-xml --console pty,target_type=virtio
>>
>> +Enable user namespace for lxc container, user ID 1000 on the host system will be mapped to user ID 0 inside container LXC1. So does group ID.
>> +
>> +  # virt-xml --connect=lxc:/// LXC1 --edit --idmap uid_start=0,uid_target=1000,uid_count=10,gid_start=0,gid_target=1000,gid_count=10
>> +
>>
>>   =head1 BUGS
>>
>>
>
> I like to keep the example section small, otherwise it won't be useful. I
> think in this case we don't need an explicit example: if people know that they
> need UID mapping they can probably figure it out from the docs or help text.
>

You're right.
virt-install man page and virt-xml --idmap=? provide enough for users.

Thanks!





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