lxc_map_ids: add a comment

Explain why we insist that root use newuidmap if it is available.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>
Acked-by: Stéphane Graber <stgraber@ubuntu.com>
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Serge Hallyn 2014-09-15 00:35:02 +00:00 committed by Stéphane Graber
parent dc5518b82e
commit 22038de5f2

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@ -3429,6 +3429,12 @@ int lxc_map_ids(struct lxc_list *idmap, pid_t pid)
enum idtype type; enum idtype type;
char *buf = NULL, *pos, *cmdpath = NULL; char *buf = NULL, *pos, *cmdpath = NULL;
/*
* If newuidmap exists, that is, if shadow is handing out subuid
* ranges, then insist that root also reserve ranges in subuid. This
* will protected it by preventing another user from being handed the
* range by shadow.
*/
cmdpath = on_path("newuidmap", NULL); cmdpath = on_path("newuidmap", NULL);
if (cmdpath) { if (cmdpath) {
use_shadow = 1; use_shadow = 1;