On 13/12/2019 21:17, mail--- via shifter-users wrote: > Is there a way to remotely start an application inside an existing > namespace via xpra? > E.g. given xpra start ssh/user@remote-host --start-child=firefox -> > only firefox would need to run inside a network namespace (as if started > with ip netns exec <namespace-name> firefox). > > As expected, running 'ip netns exec ...' as parameter of --start-child > doesn't work (but it doesn't fail either, there's simply no window showing). How do you run the "ip netns" command as a regular user? It normally requires root. And you cannot run Firefox as root from a user session.
> Any input would be appreciated! I would run the commands from an xterm running inside xpra, then when you find the incantation that does what you want, either script it or add it as a --start-child= command. Cheers, Antoine > > Best regards > Marco _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list shifter-users@lists.devloop.org.uk https://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users