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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>2016-10-25 12:46:11 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>2016-10-25 12:46:11 +0000
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parentAdding note about help for individual commands in container-shell program. (diff)
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Using sudo in container-shell.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>
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@@ -167,3 +167,16 @@ iface br100 inet static
bridge_maxwait 0
bridge_stp 0
EOF
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+
+4. Enabling container-shell
+---------------------------
+
+Managing containers requires root privileges. In order to allow unprivileged
+users to manage containers without granting them privileges or accounts,
+the container-shell can be used together with sudo and a container user.
+
+ sudo adduser --gecos "container-tools,,," \
+ --home /var/lib/machines/container-tools \
+ --shell /usr/bin/container-shell \
+ --no-create-home container