runuser error in a docker container on rawhide

[Daniel J Walsh]

On 06/04/2014 03:17 PM, Robert Rati wrote:
> I checked the status of selinux in the container and it was disabled,
> so I don't think that's the problem.  I then tried re-launching the
> container in privileged mode (--privileged=true) and that didn't
> change anything.  The runuser command still prints "System error" if I
> use it to do anything, even nothing.
>
> Rob
>
> On 06/04/2014 02:37 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>>
>> On 06/04/2014 02:27 PM, Robert Rati wrote:
>>> I'm trying to run some docker containers and it appears the runuser in
>>> rawhide isn't functional in the container:
>>>
>>> # runuser
>>> runuser: System error
>>>
>>> I can run runuser in a physical system running rawhide however.  These
>>> same images created off of F20 containers worked fine.
>>>
>>> Has anyone run into this?  Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Rob
>> I would guess it is potentially SELinux or /proc being readonly.
>>
>> Put the machine into permissive mode to see if it is SELinux, (I
>> doubt it).
>>
>> You could check with a priv container to see if /proc or capabilities ar
>> ethe problem.
>>
Strange testing on rhel7 I see it working.

# docker run --rm -ti fedora runuser -u ftp id
uid=14(ftp) gid=50(ftp) groups=50(ftp)