[Issue] distrobox-enter command fails with rootless Podman configuration on Arch Linux

[89luca89]

[Issue] distrobox-enter command fails with rootless Podman configuration on Arch Linux

[M0Rf30]

I would like to help you to fix this but have no time in this period. no holidays, only hard work. anyway I scripted a distrobox-git definition to test you advancements 😄

[89luca89]

Seems like it's failing to even podman --log-level debug start alpine can you run it manually?

Also can I have also the create logs?

Thanks!

[M0Rf30]

Seems like it's failing to even podman --log-level debug start alpine can you run it manually?

Also can I have also the create logs?

Thanks!

log.txt

[89luca89]

Thanks! I see that your user is gianluca but the home is /home/test are there permission problems with that Dir? Can you freely access it using the user gianluca?

Also because on the log before seems like a permission problem on a directory that's why I'm asking 😄

[M0Rf30]

Don't bother about user. I've changed the occurances for privacy, maybe I missed some of them XD.
The fact is that privileges are correctly assigned, I mean podman works flawlessly

[89luca89]

Oh OK no problem did launching the podman start manually work ?

[M0Rf30]

Yeah it works

❯ podman run -ti alpine:latest
/ # cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Alpine Linux"
ID=alpine
VERSION_ID=3.15.0
PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux v3.15"
HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.alpinelinux.org/"
/ # 

❯ cat /etc/subuid
test:100000:65536

❯ cat /etc/subgid
test:100000:65536

[M0Rf30]

❯ podman info
host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.23.1
  cgroupControllers:
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: /usr/bin/conmon è contenuto in conmon 1:2.0.31-1
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.0.31, commit: 7e7eb74e52abf65a6d46807eeaea75425cc8a36c'
  cpus: 12
  distribution:
    distribution: arch
    version: unknown
  eventLogger: journald
  hostname: arch-laptop
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
  kernel: 5.15.10-zen1-1-zen
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 5888028672
  memTotal: 16579387392
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: /usr/bin/crun è contenuto in crun 1.3-3
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.3
      commit: 4f6c8e0583c679bfee6a899c05ac6b916022561b
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +YAJL
  os: linux
  remoteSocket:
    path: /run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /etc/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: false
  serviceIsRemote: false
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/bin/slirp4netns
    package: /usr/bin/slirp4netns è contenuto in slirp4netns 1.1.12-1
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.1.12
      commit: 7a104a101aa3278a2152351a082a6df71f57c9a3
      libslirp: 4.6.1
      SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 3
      libseccomp: 2.5.3
  swapFree: 17179865088
  swapTotal: 17179865088
  uptime: 16h 51m 40.32s (Approximately 0.67 days)
plugins:
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries: {}
store:
  configFile: /home/test/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 2
    paused: 0
    running: 0
    stopped: 2
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions: {}
  graphRoot: /home/test/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "true"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageStore:
    number: 1
  runRoot: /run/user/1000/containers
  volumePath: /home/test/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 3.4.4
  Built: 1639074640
  BuiltTime: Thu Dec  9 19:30:40 2021
  GitCommit: f6526ada1025c2e3f88745ba83b8b461ca659933
  GoVersion: go1.17.4
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 3.4.4

[89luca89]

And doing this?

podman --log-level debug start alpine

I would like to check if there is something in the container create itself that is not working or it's a podman issue

[M0Rf30]

And doing this?

podman --log-level debug start alpine

I would like to check if there is something in the container create itself that is not working or it's a podman issue

log.txt

[89luca89]

And doing this?
podman --log-level debug start alpine
I would like to check if there is something in the container create itself that is not working or it's a podman issue

log.txt

From what I see here, the start worked successfully, does the distrobox-enter work after this manual start?

In the first log (the one in the opening post) the start didn't work and the error was from that

[89luca89]

Just installed a new arch VM and tried again using 1.2.4 and podman 3.4.4 and worked first try...
So i'm a bit blind in this situation, the only error I can see in your logs is this:

Error: unable to start container "3057f1cedc61c15c94e38419e7d1e0ab4b5dc489896c95391d7335275fdae6e0": make /home/test/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/7068819b0445a80f55e7812908eec48f7f51edfcb1528167ef3a45b43e480c96/merged private: Permission denied: OCI permission denied

And it occurred in podman start which then worked for you

[89luca89]

OK I'll leave this open if anyone has a similar problem 👍

[M0Rf30]

I Installed latest 1.3.5. seems fixed 🎉

[89luca89]

Great stuff 🎉