Never mind - simply doing sudo hostname host567890123456789012345678901234567890 sudo apt-get install lxc
in precise reproduced this, giving me * Starting NTP server ntpd *** glibc detected *** lockfile-create: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0000000000d750a0 *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941968 Title: lockfile-create hangs inside lxc containers (potential buffer overflow?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lockfile-progs/+bug/941968/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs