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-rw-r--r--src/basic/user-util.h5
-rw-r--r--src/nspawn/nspawn.c13
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/user-util.h b/src/basic/user-util.h
index c23f1d485d..8026eca3f4 100644
--- a/src/basic/user-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/user-util.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
bool uid_is_valid(uid_t uid);
@@ -63,3 +64,7 @@ int take_etc_passwd_lock(const char *root);
#define PTR_TO_GID(p) ((gid_t) (((uintptr_t) (p))-1))
#define GID_TO_PTR(u) ((void*) (((uintptr_t) (u))+1))
+
+static inline bool userns_supported(void) {
+ return access("/proc/self/uid_map", F_OK) >= 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 40e3d5a3fe..c8a7ec71a3 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -866,11 +866,14 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
break;
case 'U':
- arg_userns_mode = USER_NAMESPACE_PICK;
- arg_uid_shift = UID_INVALID;
- arg_uid_range = UINT32_C(0x10000);
+ if (userns_supported()) {
+ arg_userns_mode = USER_NAMESPACE_PICK;
+ arg_uid_shift = UID_INVALID;
+ arg_uid_range = UINT32_C(0x10000);
+
+ arg_settings_mask |= SETTING_USERNS;
+ }
- arg_settings_mask |= SETTING_USERNS;
break;
case ARG_PRIVATE_USERS_CHOWN:
@@ -990,7 +993,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
return -EINVAL;
}
- if (arg_userns_mode != USER_NAMESPACE_NO && access("/proc/self/uid_map", F_OK) < 0) {
+ if (arg_userns_mode != USER_NAMESPACE_NO && !userns_supported()) {
log_error("--private-users= is not supported, kernel compiled without user namespace support.");
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}