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Namespaces in operation, part 5: User namespaces

Namespaces in operation, part 5: User namespaces

Posted Mar 7, 2013 2:40 UTC (Thu) by kevinm (guest, #69913)
Parent article: Namespaces in operation, part 5: User namespaces

So, a UID in the parent namespace that isn't mapped in the child namespace is mapped to a default UID; but what about a UID in the child namespace that isn't mapped - what UID will that have in the parent namespace (for example, a process in the child namespace with UID=0 uses seteuid(9999) where child namespace UID 9999 isn't included in any mapping.


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