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-rw-r--r--man/systemd-nspawn.xml27
-rw-r--r--src/nspawn/nspawn.c10
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 9b623c8353..97b348b565 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@
signals. It is recommended to use this mode to invoke arbitrary commands in containers, unless they have been
modified to run correctly as PID 1. Or in other words: this switch should be used for pretty much all commands,
except when the command refers to an init or shell implementation, as these are generally capable of running
- correctly as PID 1. This option may not be combined with <option>--boot</option> or
- <option>--share-system</option>.</para>
+ correctly as PID 1. This option may not be combined with <option>--boot</option>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -285,8 +284,7 @@
<listitem><para>Automatically search for an init binary and invoke it as PID 1, instead of a shell or a user
supplied program. If this option is used, arguments specified on the command line are used as arguments for the
- init binary. This option may not be combined with <option>--as-pid2</option> or
- <option>--share-system</option>.</para>
+ init binary. This option may not be combined with <option>--as-pid2</option>.</para>
<para>The following table explains the different modes of invocation and relationship to
<option>--as-pid2</option> (see above):</para>
@@ -847,23 +845,6 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--share-system</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Allows the container to share certain system
- facilities with the host. More specifically, this turns off
- PID namespacing, UTS namespacing and IPC namespacing, and thus
- allows the guest to see and interact more easily with
- processes outside of the container. Note that using this
- option makes it impossible to start up a full Operating System
- in the container, as an init system cannot operate in this
- mode. It is only useful to run specific programs or
- applications this way, without involving an init system in the
- container. This option implies <option>--register=no</option>.
- This option may not be combined with
- <option>--boot</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
<term><option>--register=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Controls whether the container is registered
@@ -877,9 +858,7 @@
and shown by tools such as
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
If the container does not run an init system, it is
- recommended to set this option to <literal>no</literal>. Note
- that <option>--share-system</option> implies
- <option>--register=no</option>. </para></listitem>
+ recommended to set this option to <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 05e1fc1ab7..b7c2fe9e55 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ static void help(void) {
" --overlay-ro=PATH[:PATH...]:PATH\n"
" Similar, but creates a read-only overlay mount\n"
" -E --setenv=NAME=VALUE Pass an environment variable to PID 1\n"
- " --share-system Share system namespaces with host\n"
" --register=BOOLEAN Register container as machine\n"
" --keep-unit Do not register a scope for the machine, reuse\n"
" the service unit nspawn is running in\n"
@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
{ "selinux-context", required_argument, NULL, 'Z' },
{ "selinux-apifs-context", required_argument, NULL, 'L' },
{ "quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q' },
- { "share-system", no_argument, NULL, ARG_SHARE_SYSTEM },
+ { "share-system", no_argument, NULL, ARG_SHARE_SYSTEM }, /* not documented */
{ "register", required_argument, NULL, ARG_REGISTER },
{ "keep-unit", no_argument, NULL, ARG_KEEP_UNIT },
{ "network-interface", required_argument, NULL, ARG_NETWORK_INTERFACE },
@@ -814,6 +813,8 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
break;
case ARG_SHARE_SYSTEM:
+ /* We don't officially support this anymore, except for compat reasons. People should use the
+ * $SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_SHARE_SYSTEM environment variable instead. */
arg_share_system = true;
break;
@@ -1018,6 +1019,9 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
assert_not_reached("Unhandled option");
}
+ if (getenv_bool("SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_SHARE_SYSTEM") > 0)
+ arg_share_system = true;
+
if (arg_share_system)
arg_register = false;
@@ -1025,7 +1029,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
arg_userns_chown = true;
if (arg_start_mode != START_PID1 && arg_share_system) {
- log_error("--boot and --share-system may not be combined.");
+ log_error("--boot and SYSTEMD_NSPAWN_SHARE_SYSTEM=1 may not be combined.");
return -EINVAL;
}