If installing the package in unprivileged mode was the problem, could you
then run the image unprivileged after installing the package in privileged
mode?

Op 21 aug. 2016 19:11 schreef "jjs - mainphrame" <[email protected]>:

> Running postfix in and of itself did not appear to be problematic, but the
> maia mailguard antispam system as a whole includes postfix, clamd,
> spamassassin, maiad, httpd, perl and mysql, not all of which were happy
> running unprivileged. The factor that pushed me to a privileged container
> was the inability to install a package which set capabilities.
> Unfortunately I had a lot to do, and wasn't able to devote a lot of time to
> the issue; the easy answer was to go to a privileged container.
>
> Jake
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 12:59 AM, Ingo Baab <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> What were the issues, running a Mailserver as an unpriviledged LXC?
>> I do the same.. and it seems to work without problems.. I just made the
>> Mailports forward to the LXC with iptables..
>>
>> Just curriously,
>> -Ingo
>>
>> Am 20.08.2016 um 20:52 schrieb jjs - mainphrame:
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I've given up on the unprivileged container for now. I've created a new
>> container with the same role, and the same configuration except that it is
>> privileged. The privileged version of this container is working more or
>> less as expected.
>>
>> This container isn't doing anything I'd have considered exotic - it's
>> running postfix, clamd, and maiad (a modern derivative of amavisd-new).
>>
>> This is a data point which may prove useful to those who may read this at
>> some point down the road.
>>
>> Jake
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:42 AM, jjs - mainphrame <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I had decided to build an lxd version of an lxc server which had been
>>> running reliably for some time. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be
>>> running quite as smoothly. is some sort of special permissions hacking
>>> required?
>>>
>>> Here is one example of a problem in the new lxd container, which was
>>> never seen in the lxc container, namely attempting to install a package:
>>>
>>> Please pardon me if this is a FAQ as I've been primarily working with
>>> openvz of late - point me to TFM if there is a TFM which would enlighten me
>>> on this subject.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dependencies Resolved
>>>
>>> ============================================================
>>> ======================
>>>  Package       Arch           Version                       Repository
>>>     Size
>>> ============================================================
>>> ======================
>>> Installing:
>>>  httpd         x86_64         2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4         updates
>>>     2.7 M
>>>
>>> Transaction Summary
>>> ============================================================
>>> ======================
>>> Install  1 Package
>>>
>>> Total download size: 2.7 M
>>> Installed size: 9.4 M
>>> Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
>>> Downloading packages:
>>> httpd-2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4.x86_64.rpm                     | 2.7 MB
>>>  00:00:00
>>> Running transaction check
>>> Running transaction test
>>> Transaction test succeeded
>>> Running transaction
>>>   Installing : httpd-2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4.x86_64
>>>       1/1
>>> Error unpacking rpm package httpd-2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4.x86_64
>>> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/sbin/suexec: cpio:
>>> cap_set_file
>>>   Verifying  : httpd-2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4.x86_64
>>>       1/1
>>>
>>> Failed:
>>>   httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.6-40.el7.centos.4
>>>
>>> Jake
>>>
>>
>>
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