I can reproduce this problem on a fresh machine set-up at AWS (kernel Linux ip-172-31-6-51 3.19.0-26-generic #28~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 12 14:09:17 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux).
Below the output of the script reproduction script linked above: ``` mounted overlayfs ls -RF mntpt ------------- mntpt: foo/ mntpt/foo: bar.txt rm -r mntpt/* ------------- rm: cannot remove ‘mntpt/foo’: Operation not permitted exit code=1 ls -RF mntpt ------------- mntpt: foo/ mntpt/foo: unmounted overlayfs cleaning up ``` -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to lxc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1480411 Title: rm -r * fails to delete directories when using overlayfs in a user- namespace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1480411/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs