Bug#969223: Can't rm directory on overlayfs in userns
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 2:52 AM Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu> wrote:
>
> > I think I just mess up when debugging. It seems it never works.
> >
> > Maybe we should revert permit_mounts_in_userns? as it doesn't seem to
> > work. Buster is also affected.
>
> Please, don't be too fast when thinking about a revert. Several of my
> colleagues (Debian users) cling to the feature since they need it for
> using the company's LXC containers; if permit_mounts_in_userns is
> removed again, they might be forced to switch to non-Debian kernels or
> to live-patch the kernel with fragile stuff like [1], cp. #913880.
I mean if you can't even remove a directory with files, it's too broken to use.
So your colleagues find the userns overlay works?
Or you mean we should take Ubuntu's patch to fix the issue?
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Shengjing Zhu
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