Changes between Version 34 and Version 35 of UsersGuide


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Nov 11, 2013 10:31:03 AM (11 years ago)
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Ted Faber
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    361361However, a Qemu VM can only mount a few tens of user directories this way.  The limit is 23 user directories (24 in experiments that are not instantiated in a group).  Many projects have more than 23 users, but in practice only a few experimenters need access to the containers.
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    363 To tell the container systems which user to mount, use the {{{--prefer-qemu-users}}} option to {{{containerize.py}}}.  That option takes a comma-separated list of usernames (no spaces).  When the Qemu nodes will always mount those users' home directories.  Others will be mounted if there is room.
     363To tell the container systems which user to mount, use the {{{--qemu-prefer-users}}} option to {{{containerize.py}}}.  That option takes a comma-separated list of usernames (no spaces).  When the Qemu nodes will always mount those users' home directories.  Others will be mounted if there is room.
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    365365For example:
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    367367{{{
    368 users:~$ /share/containers/containerize.py  --prefer-qemu-users=faber,jjh DeterTest example4 ~/example4.tcl
     368users:~$ /share/containers/containerize.py  --qemu-prefer-users=faber,jjh DeterTest example4 ~/example4.tcl
    369369}}}
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