lxc-console(1)

1lxc-console(1)                                                  lxc-console(1)
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NAME

6       lxc-console - Launch a console for the specified container
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SYNOPSIS

9       lxc-console {-n name} [-e escape character] [-t ttynum]
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DESCRIPTION

12       If  the  tty  service has been configured and is available for the con‐
13       tainer specified as parameter, this command will launch a  console  al‐
14       lowing to log on the container.
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16       The  available  tty are free slots taken by this command. That means if
17       the container has four ttys available and the command has been launched
18       four times each taking a different tty, the fifth command will fail be‐
19       cause no console will be available.
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21       The command will connect to a tty. If the connection is lost or broken,
22       the  command  can  be launched again and regain the tty at the state it
23       was before the disconnection.
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25       A ttynum of 0 may be given to attach to  the  container's  /dev/console
26       instead of its dev/tty<ttynum>.
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28       A  keyboard  escape sequence may be used to disconnect from the tty and
29       quit lxc-console. The default escape sequence is <Ctrl+a q>.
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OPTIONS

32       -e, --escape escape character
33              Specify the escape sequence prefix to use instead of  <Ctrl  a>.
34              This  may be given as '^letter' or just 'letter'. For example to
35              use <Ctrl+b q> as the escape sequence use -e '^b'.
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37       -t, --tty ttynum
38              Specify the tty number to connect to or 0 for  the  console.  If
39              not specified the next available tty number will be automatical‐
40              ly chosen by the container.
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COMMON OPTIONS

43       These options are common to most of lxc commands.
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45       -?, -h, --help
46              Print a longer usage message than normal.
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48       --usage
49              Give the usage message
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51       -q, --quiet
52              mute on
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54       -P, --lxcpath=PATH
55              Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
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57       -o, --logfile=FILE
58              Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
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60       -l, --logpriority=LEVEL
61              Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log  priority  is  ERROR.
62              Possible  values  are : FATAL, ALERT, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE,
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65              Note that this option is setting the priority of the events  log
66              in  the  alternate  log file. It do not have effect on the ERROR
67              events log on stderr.
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69       -n, --name=NAME
70              Use container identifier NAME.  The container identifier  format
71              is an alphanumeric string.
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73       --rcfile=FILE
74              Specify  the  configuration file to configure the virtualization
75              and isolation functionalities for the container.
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77              This configuration file if present will be used even if there is
78              already  a  configuration file present in the previously created
79              container (via lxc-create).
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81       --version
82              Show the version number.
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DIAGNOSTIC

85       tty service denied
86              No tty is available or there is not enough privilege to use  the
87              console.  For  example,  the container belongs to user "foo" and
88              "bar" is trying to open a console to it.
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AUTHOR

97       Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>
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101                                  2021-09-18                    lxc-console(1)