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<refentrytitle>lxc-console</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>lxc-console</refname>
<refpurpose>
Launch a console for the specified container
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>lxc-console</command>
<arg choice="req">-n <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="opt">-e <replaceable>escape character</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="opt">-t <replaceable>ttynum</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
If the tty service has been configured and is available for the
container specified as parameter, this command will launch a
console allowing to log on the container.
</para>
<para>
The available tty are free slots taken by this command. That
means if the container has four ttys available and the command
has been launched four times each taking a different tty, the
fifth command will fail because no console will be available.
</para>
<para>
The command will connect to a tty. If the connection is lost or
broken, the command can be launched again and regain the tty at
the state it was before the disconnection.
</para>
<para>
A <replaceable>ttynum</replaceable> of 0 may be given to attach
to the container's /dev/console instead of its
dev/tty&lt;<replaceable>ttynum</replaceable>&gt;.
</para>
<para>
A keyboard escape sequence may be used to disconnect from the tty
and quit lxc-console. The default escape sequence is &lt;Ctrl+a q&gt;.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-e, --escape <replaceable>escape character</replaceable></option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify the escape sequence prefix to use instead of
&lt;Ctrl a&gt;.
This may be given as '^letter' or just 'letter'. For example
to use &lt;Ctrl+b q&gt; as the escape sequence use -e '^b'.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-t, --tty <replaceable>ttynum</replaceable></option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify the tty number to connect to or 0 for the console. If not
specified the next available tty number will be automatically
chosen by the container.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
&commonoptions;
<refsect1>
<title>Diagnostic</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>tty service denied</term>
<listitem>
<para>
No tty is available or there is not enough privilege to
use the console. For example, the container belongs to
user "foo" and "bar" is trying to open a console to it.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
&seealso;
</refentry>
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