sys-utils/nsenter.1.adoc

   1 //po4a: entry man manual
   2 = nsenter(1)
   3 :doctype: manpage
   4 :man manual: User Commands
   5 :man source: util-linux {release-version}
   6 :page-layout: base
   7 :command: nsenter
   8
   9 == NAME
  10
  11 nsenter - run program in different namespaces
  12
  13 == SYNOPSIS
  14
  15 *nsenter* [options] [_program_ [_arguments_]]
  16
  17 == DESCRIPTION
  18
  19 The *nsenter* command executes _program_ in the namespace(s) that are specified in the command-line options (described below). If _program_ is not given, then "$\{SHELL}" is run (default: _/bin/sh_).
  20
  21 Enterable namespaces are:
  22
  23 *mount namespace*::
  24 Mounting and unmounting filesystems will not affect the rest of the system, except for filesystems which are explicitly marked as shared (with *mount --make-shared*; see _/proc/self/mountinfo_ for the *shared* flag). For further details, see *mount_namespaces*(7) and the discussion of the *CLONE_NEWNS* flag in *clone*(2).
  25
  26 *UTS namespace*::
  27 Setting hostname or domainname will not affect the rest of the system. For further details, see *uts_namespaces*(7).
  28
  29 *IPC namespace*::
  30 The process will have an independent namespace for POSIX message queues as well as System V message queues, semaphore sets and shared memory segments. For further details, see *ipc_namespaces*(7).
  31
  32 *network namespace*::
  33 The process will have independent IPv4 and IPv6 stacks, IP routing tables, firewall rules, the _/proc/net_ and _/sys/class/net_ directory trees, sockets, etc. For further details, see *network_namespaces*(7).
  34
  35 *PID namespace*::
  36 Children will have a set of PID to process mappings separate from the *nsenter* process. *nsenter* will fork by default if changing the PID namespace, so that the new program and its children share the same PID namespace and are visible to each other. If *--no-fork* is used, the new program will be exec'ed without forking. For further details, see *pid_namespaces*(7).
  37
  38 *user namespace*::
  39 The process will have a distinct set of UIDs, GIDs and capabilities. For further details, see *user_namespaces*(7).
  40
  41 *cgroup namespace*::
  42 The process will have a virtualized view of _/proc/self/cgroup_, and new cgroup mounts will be rooted at the namespace cgroup root. For further details, see *cgroup_namespaces*(7).
  43
  44 *time namespace*::
  45 The process can have a distinct view of *CLOCK_MONOTONIC* and/or *CLOCK_BOOTTIME* which can be changed using _/proc/self/timens_offsets_. For further details, see *time_namespaces*(7).
  46
  47 == OPTIONS
  48
  49 //TRANSLATORS: Keep {asterisk} untranslated.
  50 Various of the options below that relate to namespaces take an optional _file_ argument. This should be one of the _/proc/[pid]/ns/{asterisk}_ files described in *namespaces*(7), or the pathname of a bind mount that was created on one of those files.
  51
  52 //TRANSLATORS: Keep {asterisk} untranslated.
  53 *-a*, *--all*::
  54 Enter all namespaces of the target process by the default _/proc/[pid]/ns/{asterisk}_ namespace paths. The default paths to the target process namespaces may be overwritten by namespace specific options (e.g., *--all --mount*=[_path_]).
  55 +
  56 The user namespace will be ignored if the same as the caller's current user namespace. It prevents a caller that has dropped capabilities from regaining those capabilities via a call to setns(). See *setns*(2) for more details.
  57
  58 *-t*, *--target* _PID_::
  59 Specify a target process to get contexts from. The paths to the contexts specified by _pid_ are:
  60
  61 /proc/_pid_/ns/mnt;;
  62 the mount namespace
  63 /proc/_pid_/ns/uts;;
  64 the UTS namespace
  65 /proc/_pid_/ns/ipc;;
  66 the IPC namespace
  67 /proc/_pid_/ns/net;;
  68 the network namespace
  69 /proc/_pid_/ns/pid;;
  70 the PID namespace
  71 /proc/_pid_/ns/user;;
  72 the user namespace
  73 /proc/_pid_/ns/cgroup;;
  74 the cgroup namespace
  75 /proc/_pid_/ns/time;;
  76 the time namespace
  77 /proc/_pid_/root;;
  78 the root directory
  79 /proc/_pid_/cwd;;
  80 the working directory respectively
  81
  82 *-m*, *--mount*[=_file_]::
  83 Enter the mount namespace. If no file is specified, enter the mount namespace of the target process. If _file_ is specified, enter the mount namespace specified by _file_.
  84
  85 *-u*, *--uts*[=_file_]::
  86 Enter the UTS namespace. If no file is specified, enter the UTS namespace of the target process. If _file_ is specified, enter the UTS namespace specified by _file_.
  87
  88 *-i*, *--ipc*[=_file_]::
  89 Enter the IPC namespace. If no file is specified, enter the IPC namespace of the target process. If _file_ is specified, enter the IPC namespace specified by _file_.
  90
  91 *-n*, *--net*[=_file_]::
  92 Enter the network namespace. If no file is specified, enter the network namespace of the target process. If _file_ is specified, enter the network namespace specified by _file_.
  93
  94 *-p*, *--pid*[=_file_]::
  95 Enter the PID namespace. If no file is specified, enter the PID namespace of the target process. If _file_ is specified, enter the PID namespace specified by _file_.
  96
  97 *-U*, *--user*[=_file_]::
  98 Enter the user namespace. If no file is specified, enter the user namespace of the target process. If _file_ is specified, enter the user namespace specified by _file_. See also the *--setuid* and *--setgid* options.
  99
 100 *-C*, *--cgroup*[=_file_]::
 101 Enter the cgroup namespace. If no file is specified, enter the cgroup namespace of the target process. If _file_ is specified, enter the cgroup namespace specified by _file_.
 102
 103 *-T*, *--time*[=_file_]::
 104 Enter the time namespace. If no file is specified, enter the time namespace of the target process. If _file_ is specified, enter the time namespace specified by _file_.
 105
 106 *-G*, *--setgid* _gid_::
 107 Set the group ID which will be used in the entered namespace and drop supplementary groups. *nsenter* always sets GID for user namespaces, the default is 0.
 108
 109 *-S*, *--setuid* _uid_::
 110 Set the user ID which will be used in the entered namespace. *nsenter* always sets UID for user namespaces, the default is 0.
 111
 112 *--preserve-credentials*::
 113 Don't modify UID and GID when enter user namespace. The default is to drops supplementary groups and sets GID and UID to 0.
 114
 115 *-r*, *--root*[=_directory_]::
 116 Set the root directory. If no directory is specified, set the root directory to the root directory of the target process. If directory is specified, set the root directory to the specified directory.
 117
 118 *-w*, *--wd*[=_directory_]::
 119 Set the working directory. If no directory is specified, set the working directory to the working directory of the target process. If directory is specified, set the working directory to the specified directory.
 120
 121 *-F*, *--no-fork*::
 122 Do not fork before exec'ing the specified program. By default, when entering a PID namespace, *nsenter* calls *fork* before calling *exec* so that any children will also be in the newly entered PID namespace.
 123
 124 *-Z*, *--follow-context*::
 125 Set the SELinux security context used for executing a new process according to already running process specified by *--target* PID. (The util-linux has to be compiled with SELinux support otherwise the option is unavailable.)
 126
 127 *-V*, *--version*::
 128 Display version information and exit.
 129
 130 *-h*, *--help*::
 131 Display help text and exit.
 132
 133 == AUTHORS
 134
 135 mailto:biederm@xmission.com[Eric Biederman],
 136 mailto:kzak@redhat.com[Karel Zak]
 137
 138 == SEE ALSO
 139
 140 *clone*(2),
 141 *setns*(2),
 142 *namespaces*(7)
 143
 144 include::../man-common/bugreports.adoc[]
 145
 146 include::../man-common/footer.adoc[]
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 150 endif::[]