lxc-console - Launch a console for the specified container
SYNOPSIS
lxc-console -n name
[-t ttynum]
DESCRIPTION
If the tty service has been configured and is available for the
container specified as parameter, this command will launch a
console allowing to log on the container.
The available tty are free slots taken by this command. That
means if the container has four ttys available and the command
has been launched four times taking the different tty, the fifth
command will fail because no console will be available.
The command will connect to a tty. If the connection is lost or
broken, the command can be launched again and regain the tty at
the state it was before the disconnection.
OPTIONS
-t [ttynum]
Specify the tty number to connect, if not specified a tty
number will be automatically choosen by the container.
COMMON OPTIONS
These options are common to most of lxc commands.
-?, -h, --help
Print a longer usage message than normal.
--usage
Give the usage message
-q, --quiet
mute on
-o, --logfile=FILE
Output to an alternate log
FILE. The default is no log.
-l, --logpriority=LEVEL
Set log priority to
LEVEL. The default log
priority is ERROR. Possible values are :
FATAL, CRIT,
WARN, ERROR,
NOTICE, INFO,
DEBUG.
Note that this option is setting the priority of the events
log in the alternate log file. It do not have effect on the
ERROR events log on stderr.
-n, --name=NAME
Use container identifier NAME.
The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.
DIAGNOSTIC
tty service denied
No tty is available or there is not enough privilege to
use the console. For example, the container belongs to
user "foo" and "bar" is trying to open a console to it.