From: Filip Schauer <f.schauer@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH container/manager v2 0/7] implement per-mountpoint uid/gid mapping
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:10:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260330141021.151921-1-f.schauer@proxmox.com> (raw)
Add support for configuring UID/GID mappings on individual container
mount points without affecting the global container mapping.
A new "idmap" mount point option accepts semicolon-separated mappings:
```
idmap=type:ct:host:len;type:ct:host:len;...
```
type: can be either 'u' or 'g'
ct: ID as seen inside the container
host: corresponding ID on the host
len: number of consecutive IDs to map
Unmapped ranges inherit the container's ID mapping.
Example to pass through the host UID & GID 1005:
```
mp0: /mnt/data,mp=/data,idmap=u:1005:1005:1;g:1005:1005:1
```
To identity-map the entire range of ids, "passthrough" can be used:
```
idmap=passthrough
```
Mount point idmapping only works for unprivileged containers. Privileged
containers are unaffected.
Build/Bump order:
* pve-container
* pve-manager
Changes since v1:
* Include $msg in error message in sync_send/sync_recv
* Switch idmap from space-separated to semicolon-separated
* Improve documentation of idmap option
* Add 'idmap=passthrough'
* Cache user namespace file descriptors in memory at container startup
to avoid overhead of re-creating duplicates
pve-container:
Filip Schauer (5):
namespaces: relax prototype of run_in_userns
namespaces: refactor run_in_userns
d/control: update versioned dependency for libpve-common-perl
namespaces: add helper to create user namespace from idmap
implement per-mountpoint uid/gid mapping
debian/control | 2 +-
src/PVE/LXC.pm | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm | 39 ++++++++++++++++
src/PVE/LXC/Namespaces.pm | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
src/lxc-pve-prestart-hook | 23 ++++++++++
5 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
pve-manager:
Filip Schauer (2):
ui: lxc/MPEdit: remove duplicate "mp" assignment
ui: lxc/MPEdit: add "idmap" option
www/manager6/lxc/MPEdit.js | 213 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 212 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Summary over all repositories:
6 files changed, 418 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
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next reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 14:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-30 14:10 Filip Schauer [this message]
2026-03-30 14:10 ` [PATCH container v2 1/7] namespaces: relax prototype of run_in_userns Filip Schauer
2026-03-30 14:10 ` [PATCH container v2 2/7] namespaces: refactor run_in_userns Filip Schauer
2026-03-30 14:10 ` [PATCH container v2 3/7] d/control: update versioned dependency for libpve-common-perl Filip Schauer
2026-03-30 14:10 ` [PATCH container v2 4/7] namespaces: add helper to create user namespace from idmap Filip Schauer
2026-03-30 14:10 ` [PATCH container v2 5/7] implement per-mountpoint uid/gid mapping Filip Schauer
2026-03-30 14:10 ` [PATCH manager v2 6/7] ui: lxc/MPEdit: remove duplicate "mp" assignment Filip Schauer
2026-03-30 14:10 ` [PATCH manager v2 7/7] ui: lxc/MPEdit: add "idmap" option Filip Schauer
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