FWIW, bug #1480411, "rm -r * fails to delete directories when using overlayfs in a user-namespace", might be a duplicate of this bug. In both bugs the script works on the host but fails in a user-namespace with error EPERM. In this bug the operation which triggers the error is 'mkdir', while in bug #1480411 it is 'rmdir'.
The equivalent script for bug #1480411 is, #================================ #!/bin/sh -ex dir=`mktemp -d` cleanup() { umount -l $dir/t rm -rf $dir } trap cleanup EXIT echo "dir is $dir" mkdir -p $dir/l $dir/u $dir/w $dir/t mkdir $dir/l/dev touch $dir/l/dev/foo.txt mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=$dir/l,upperdir=$dir/u,workdir=$dir/w o $dir/t stat $dir/t/dev rm $dir/t/dev/foo.txt rmdir $dir/t/dev echo $? echo "rmdir should have succeeded" #=================================== -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1531747 Title: overlay: mkdir fails if directory exists in lowerdir in a user namespace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1531747/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs