[Libguestfs] supermin (chroot+systemd.resolved) - network cannot be configured on Ubuntu

[Ioanna Alifieraki]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
I've tested it and it works fine.

Thanks,
Jo

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 8:53 AM Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:52:40AM +0100, Ioanna Alifieraki wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am facing the following bug while runnign guestfish on Ubuntu Bionic
> > onward,
> > where the network cannot be configured :
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supermin/+bug/1824236
> >
> > The actual problem is the combination of (a) supermin and the fact that
> it
> > does chroot
> > and (b) a dhclient hook present in Bionic
> > (/etc/dhcp/dhclient-eneter-hooks.d/resolved)
>
> Does it work if you add this early on to appliance/init [1]:
>
> rm -f /etc/dhcp/dhclient-eneter-hooks.d/resolved
>
> There is no systemd in the appliance so anything that tries to run
> systemd service is going to fail anyway.
>
> Rich.
>
> [1] https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/blob/master/appliance/init
>
> > that overwrites the make_resolv_conf function of dhclient_script with one
> > that
> > in the end restarts the systemd.resolved service.
> > Being, however in chroot, the new make_resolv_conf function fails with
> > "System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't
> > operate."
> > and the network is left unconfigured.
> >
> > Although there is a workaround for this, I am seeking for a better
> solution.
> > I would like to ask you if this is the expected behaviour of supermin or
> > something
> > that needs fixing.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jo
>
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