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6 lxc-console - Launch a console for the specified container
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9 lxc-console {-n name} [-e escape character] [-t ttynum]
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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‐
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21 The command will connect to a tty. If the connection is lost or broken,
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25 A ttynum of 0 may be given to attach to the container's /dev/console
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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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32 -e, --escape escape character
33 Specify the escape sequence prefix to use instead of <Ctrl a>.
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38 Specify the tty number to connect to or 0 for the console. If
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45 -?, -h, --help
46 Print a longer usage message than normal.
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55 Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
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58 Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
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61 Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR.
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81 --version
82 Show the version number.
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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
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91 lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-copy(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-
92 stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1),
93 lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1),
94 lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)
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