Re: [Vserver] VServer reboot - timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl

From: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel_at_hozac.com>
Date: Thu 02 Nov 2006 - 21:47:27 GMT
Message-ID: <454A676F.9020400@hozac.com>

Oliver Paulus wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am runnung VServer 2.0.2.1 with 2.6.17.13 kernel on a Debian Etch machine.
> util-vserver in version 0.30.211. The guest (vserver) is running Etch too. I
> have set CAP_SYS_BOOT in /etc/vservers/<vservername>/bcapabilities. Every time
> I want to reboot from within the guest (vserver) I get the following error:

CAP_SYS_BOOT is given by default, as it's handled specially in the kernel.

> shutdown: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl
> init: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl

As expected if you're not running an init (i.e. using the plain
initstyle). You'll have to use reboot -f to invoke vshelper which would
reboot the guest.

> What is with vshelper? Is this needed for rebooting in VServer 2.x too?

Yes.

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Daniel Hokka Zakrisson
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