Currently we check the path before changing the root directory. This cannot work. Do the check after pivot_root() such that we check for the patch within the correct root. Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard(a)nod.at&gt; --- src/lxc/lxc_container.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c index a003ec8..7531fea 100644 --- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c +++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c @@ -1948,13 +1948,6 @@ static int lxcContainerChild(void *data) if (lxcContainerResolveSymlinks(vmDef) < 0) goto cleanup; - if (!virFileExists(vmDef->os.init)) { - virReportSystemError(errno, - _("cannot find init path '%s' relative to container root"), - vmDef->os.init); - goto cleanup; - } - /* Wait for interface devices to show up */ if (lxcContainerWaitForContinue(argv->monitor) < 0) { virReportSystemError(errno, "%s", @@ -1996,6 +1989,13 @@ static int lxcContainerChild(void *data) argv->securityDriver) < 0) goto cleanup; + if (!virFileExists(vmDef->os.init)) { + virReportSystemError(errno, + _("cannot find init path '%s' relative to container root"), + vmDef->os.init); + goto cleanup; + } + /* rename and enable interfaces */ if (lxcContainerRenameAndEnableInterfaces(!!(vmDef->features & (1 << VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_PRIVNET)), -- 1.8.1.4