Cause (Documented platform behavior): Sysbox always uses a user namespace and a single subuid range for the sysbox user; the doc lists both errors.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Limitations:
- Derived from the Sysbox user-guide troubleshooting doc at one master commit; not reproduced in this session.
Other error fragments:
- sysbox-runc requires user namespace uid mapping array have one element
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nestybox/sysbox/f7c43922753bd167085c595b8ca285a03986f823/docs/user-guide/troubleshoot.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Unprivileged User Namespace Creation Error with the quoted message and the unprivileged_userns_clone fix; Duplicate Sysbox entries in /etc/subuid produce 'sysbox-runc requires user namespace uid mapping array have one element'.
Search phrasings: sysbox unprivileged_userns_clone want 1 have 0; sysbox-runc requires user namespace uid mapping array have one element; sysbox duplicate subuid entries
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- OCI runtime create fails before the container starts.
- Context
- Product: Sysbox Component: host user-namespace configuration Operation: Creating Sysbox system containers on hosts with userns restricted or messed-up /etc/subuid Affected versions: unknown Environment: Linux host Packages: sysbox-ce master docs at inspected SHA Trigger: The kernel disallows unprivileged user namespace creation, or /etc/subuid (/etc/subgid) has more than one entry for user sysbox.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- kernel is not configured to allow unprivileged users to create namespaces: /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone: want 1, have 0
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Sysbox] 'kernel is not configured to allow unprivileged users to create namespaces: /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone: want 1, have 0' / 'requires user namespace uid mapping ar
Recommended action: Enable unprivileged userns (Ubuntu: echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone) and keep exactly one sysbox:<start>:<count> line in /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid.
Option: Enable unprivileged userns (Ubuntu: echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone) and keep exactly one sysbox:<start>:<count> line in /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Creating Sysbox system containers on hosts with userns restricted or messed-up /etc/subuid
Steps:
1. sudo sh -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone'
2. grep sysbox /etc/subuid /etc/subgid (remove duplicates).
3. sudo systemctl restart sysbox
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 8b9abb2b-7001-4a1b-a55c-f4fd5f7a1754
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Enable unprivileged userns (Ubuntu: echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone) and keep exactly one sysbox:<start>:<count> line in /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid. Option: Enable unprivileged userns (Ubuntu: echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone) and keep exactly one sysbox:<start>:<count> line in /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid. [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: Creating Sysbox system containers on hosts with userns restricted or messed-up /etc/subuid Steps: 1. sudo sh -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone' 2. grep sysbox /etc/subuid /etc/subgid (remove duplicates). 3. sudo systemctl restart sysbox Expected: The error no longer appears.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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