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| author |   Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu> | 2010-06-11 15:56:25 +0200 |
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| committer |   Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> | 2010-06-11 15:56:25 +0200 |
| commit | 64b90b3d1e90bfc7a6b3174fc0a923332995e31a (patch) | |
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| parent | update .gitignore (diff) | |
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Signed-off-by: Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in b/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in index 1305849..5f0cb67 100644 --- a/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in +++ b/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in @@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA <refsect2> <title>Root file system</title> <para> - The root file system is the location where the container will - chroot. + The root file system of the container can be different than that + of the host system. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> @@ -383,8 +383,42 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA </term> <listitem> <para> - specify a file location containing the new file tree for - a root file system. + specify a directory to become the root of the container. + If not specified, the container shares its root file + system with the host. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>lxc.rootfs.mount</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + where to recursively bind <option>lxc.rootfs</option> + before pivoting. This is to ensure success of the + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle><command>pivot_root</command></refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> + syscall. Any directory suffices, the default should + generally work. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>lxc.pivotdir</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + where to pivot the original root file system under + <option>lxc.rootfs</option>, specified relatively to + that. The default is <filename>oldrootfs</filename>. + It is created if necessary, and also removed after + unmounting everything from it during container setup. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |