It also affected me on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with /var/lib/lxc mount via bind. My original setup only had 8GB for /var, so a bind to directory in /home was the custom hack I did to give lxc more space.
$ grep lxc /etc/fstab /home/var/lib/lxc /var/lib/lxc none bind 0 0 Once tested without the bind, the error was gone. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lxc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389305 Title: sudo doesn't work on unprivileged lxc container on top of ecryptfs Status in ecryptfs-utils package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in lxc package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: On Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit, after adding a user into an unprivileged container, the sudo complains that: $ sudo su sudo: effective uid is not 0, is /usr/bin/sudo on a file system with the 'nosuid' option set or an NFS file system without root privileges? To reproduce: 1. Download and install the Ubuntu amd64 minimalcd 2. Install lxc on it and openssh for convenience. 3. follow https://www.stgraber.org/2014/01/17/lxc-1-0-unprivileged-containers/ ; specifically do: a) sudo usermod --add-subuids 100000-165536 $USER b) sudo usermod --add-subgids 100000-165536 $USER c) sudo chmod +x $HOME d) create the file ~/.config/lxc/default.conf with the following contents: lxc.include = /etc/lxc/default.conf lxc.id_map = u 0 100000 65536 lxc.id_map = g 0 100000 65536 e) echo "$USER veth lxcbr0 10" | sudo tee /etc/lxc/lxc-usernet (restart is not required) 4. Create the container with lxc-create -t download -n p1 -- -d ubuntu -r trusty -a amd64 5. Install openssh-server in the container: lxc-start -d -n p1 lxc-attach -n p1 -- apt-get install openssh-server 6. Add a user "adam" with the group sudo lxc-attach -n p1 -- adduser adam sudo 7. Set a password for the user 8. Log in via ssh (and provide the password from step 7) ssh p1@adam 9. On the p1: adam@p1$ sudo su sudo: effective uid is not 0, is /usr/bin/sudo on a file system with the 'nosuid' option set or an NFS file system without root privileges? I expected it to make change the user to root. lxc version: 1.0.3-0ubuntu3 $cat ~/.cache/lxc/download/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/default/build_id 20141101_03:49 --- ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 EcryptfsInUse: Yes Package: lxc PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8 Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1389305/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp