On 9/5/2011 12:34 PM, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 09:24 +0200, Papp Tamas wrote: >> On 09/05/2011 08:38 AM, Jäkel, Guido wrote: >>>> What is the right way to stop a container? >>> Dear Papp, >>> >>> Like with the thread paradigm in computing langugages, the "right" >> way is that the thread decides to stop. Therefore your container have >> to leave. >>> >>> Depending on your Linxus flavor inside the container, you e.g. may >> send a signal to it's init process to proper shut down. This mechanism >> is "historical" intended to be used by an USV poser supply. In the >> moment, I'm using an old-style sytem v init and I may just send a >> SIGINT to reboot and a SIGPWR to halt it (must be enabled in the >> inittab). >>> >>> >>> Another (planned) way is to use lxc-execute, but this is still not >> working. Ulli Hornbacher therefore wrote it's own workaround: A little >> daemon executes all command pushed in by a command running at the host >> -- disregarding to all aspects of security. >>> >>> If you're running a sshd inside the container -- and in the most >> case you will I think -- you may use this (with a deposited key) to >> directly send commands to it. >> >> hi, >> >> I don't like the ssh way. I think, halting a container automatically >> through an ssh connection is a joke, wich should not be used in any >> way. > > Another way that I have used is to send the init process a kill signal. > I think it was the "power fail" sig but that should do it. That > definitely worked with the sysv init but I see to recall I had some > problem with upstart (and systemd won't currently run in a container > anyways - so you can forget that pig).
That's not another way. That's exactly the way already stated first above. -- bkw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the Bottom Line. Protect your business and customers by understanding the threat from malware and how it can impact your online business. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427462/ _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users