i have create a system container test1 and trying to mount /dev/shm inside a container <domain type='lxc'> <name>test1</name> <memory>102400</memory> <os> <type>exe</type> <init>/sbin/init</init> </os> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <devices> <console type='pty'/> <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/lxc/test1/'/> <target dir='/'/> </filesystem> <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='br0'/> </interface> </devices> </domain> network settings on host /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE="eth0" BOOTPROTO="dhcp" BRIDGE="br0" HWADDR="08:00:27:97:D6:35" NM_CONTROLLED="no" ONBOOT="yes" TYPE="Ethernet" UUID="fe9d7236-f418-47ab-b472-6e6caabdd807" /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 DEVICE="br0" TYPE="Bridge" USERCTL="no" ONBOOT="yes" BOOTPROTO="dhcp" NM_CONTROLLED="no" network setting on host /lxc/test1/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 EVICE=eth0 ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=dhcp PREFIX=24 USERCTL=yes IPV6INIT=no vim /lxc/test1/etc/fstab none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 chroot /lxc/test1 mkdir -m 1777 /dev/shm After mounting /dev/shm on container, my container gets hang. Has anyone tried to mount /dev/shm ? Thanks, Aarti Sawant NTTDATA OSS Center Pune