Use of PID namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the
.B CONFIG_PID_NS
option.
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.SS The namespace "init" process
The first process created in a new namespace
(i.e., the process created using
Neither of these signals can be caught by the "init" process,
and so will result in the usual actions associated with those signals
(respectively, terminating and stopping the process).
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.SS Nesting PID namespaces
PID namespaces can be nested.
When a new PID namespace is created,
Calls to
.BR getppid (2)
for such processes return 0.
-
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.SS setns(2) and unshare(2) semantics
Calls to
.BR setns (2)
.BR clone (2)
calls necessarily put the new thread in a different PID namespace from
the calling thread.
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.SS Miscellaneous
After creating a new PID namespace,
it is useful for the child to change its root directory