Nothing LXC can do about it. An unprivileged container cannot have any more right than the user which spawned it. Your user cannot open that many files therefore root in the container can't either.
** Changed in: lxc Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mongodb in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1456422 Title: limit nofile 64000 64000 or similar in an upstart job fails in a user lxc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxc/+bug/1456422/+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