NAME

       lxc-usernsexec - Run a task as root in a new user namespace.

SYNOPSIS

       lxc-usernsexec [-m uid-map] {-- command}

DESCRIPTION

       lxc-usernsexec can be used to run a task as root in a new user namespace.

OPTIONS

       -m uid-map
              The  uid map to use in the user namespace. Each map consists of four colon-separate
              values. First a character 'u', 'g' or 'b' to specify whether this map  pertains  to
              user ids, group ids, or both; next the first userid in the user namespace; next the
              first userid as seen on the host; and finally the number of ids to be mapped.

              More than one map can be specified. If no map is specified,  then  by  default  the
              full  uid  and  gid ranges granted by /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid will be mapped to
              the uids and gids starting at 0 in the container.

              Note that lxc-usernsexec always tries to setuid and setgid to 0 in  the  namespace.
              Therefore uid 0 in the namespace must be mapped.

EXAMPLES

       To spawn a shell with the full allotted subuids mapped into the container, use

              lxc-usernsexec

       To run a different shell than /bin/sh, use

              lxc-usernsexec -- /bin/bash

       If  your user id is 1000, root in a container is mapped to 190000, and you wish to chown a
       file you own to root in the container, you can use:

              lxc-usernsexec -m b:0:1000:1 -m b:1:190000:1 -- /bin/chown 1:1 $file

       This maps your userid to root in the user namespace, and 190000 to uid 1.  Since  root  in
       the  user  namespace  is  privileged  over  all userids mapped into the namespace, you are
       allowed to change the file ownership, which you could not do on the host  using  a  simple
       chown.

SEE ALSO

       lxc(7),   lxc-create(1),  lxc-copy(1),  lxc-destroy(1),  lxc-start(1),  lxc-stop(1),  lxc-
       execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1),  lxc-cgroup(1),  lxc-ls(1),  lxc-
       info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)

AUTHOR

       Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>

                                            2024-01-24                          lxc-usernsexec(1)