NAME

       lxc-console - Launch a console for the specified container

SYNOPSIS

       lxc-console {-n name} [-e escape character] [-t ttynum]

DESCRIPTION

       If  the  tty  service has been configured and is available for the container specified as parameter, this
       command will launch a console allowing to log on the container.

       The available tty are free slots taken by this command.  That  means  if  the  container  has  four  ttys
       available  and  the  command  has been launched four times each taking a different tty, the fifth command
       will fail because no console will be available.

       The command will connect to a tty. If the connection is lost or broken, the command can be launched again
       and regain the tty at the state it was before the disconnection.

       A ttynum of 0 may be given to attach to the container's /dev/console instead of its dev/tty<ttynum>.

       A  keyboard  escape  sequence  may  be  used to disconnect from the tty and quit lxc-console. The default
       escape sequence is <Ctrl+a q>.

OPTIONS

       -e [escape character]
              Specify the escape sequence prefix to use instead of <Ctrl a>.  This may be given as '^letter'  or
              just 'letter'. For example to use <Ctrl+b q> as the escape sequence use -e '^b'.

       -t [ttynum]
              Specify the tty number to connect to or 0 for the console. If not specified the next available tty
              number will be automatically chosen by the container.

COMMON OPTIONS

       These options are common to most of lxc commands.

       -?, -h, --help
              Print a longer usage message than normal.

       --usage
              Give the usage message

       -q, --quiet
              mute on

       -P, --lxcpath=PATH
              Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.

       -o, --logfile=FILE
              Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.

       -l, --logpriority=LEVEL
              Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR. Possible values are :  FATAL,  CRIT,
              WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG.

              Note  that  this option is setting the priority of the events log in the alternate log file. It do
              not have effect on the ERROR events log on stderr.

       -n, --name=NAME
              Use container identifier NAME.  The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.

       --version
              Show the version number.

DIAGNOSTIC

       tty service denied
              No tty is available or there is not  enough  privilege  to  use  the  console.  For  example,  the
              container belongs to user "foo" and "bar" is trying to open a console to it.

SEE ALSO

       lxc(7),  lxc-create(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

       Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>

                                                   2017-08-01                                     lxc-console(1)