@cmars Note that the too many levels of symlink is on the host, not in the container and is the reason why you needed to do the umount and remount.
In fact, your log file says you did get that error: lxc 20160331183429.245 ERROR lxc_utils - utils.c:safe_mount:1692 - Too many levels of symbolic links - Failed to mount /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc onto /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1555760 Title: Too many levels of symbolic links /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binfmt-support/+bug/1555760/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs