On 08/17/2014 10:35 PM, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to use clone() and CLONE_NEWUSER for creating a new user > namespace as an unprivileged user. I always get an operation not permitted > error. However when I used fork() + unshare() as unprivileged user, I can > create the new user namespace just fine. > > Is there something obvious that I am missing? My understand is that > CLONE_NEWUSER should not require any special capabilities. I tried the sample > code from the manpage and also from LWN.net, but both give me the same error.
It works for me on 3.16 and 3.15 but not on 3.15.8-200.fc20.x86_64. I'm a bit confused. What kernel are you using? --Andy > > Regards > > Marcel > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
