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lxc-console(1)							lxc-console(1)

NAME
       lxc-console - Launch a console for the specified container

SYNOPSIS
       lxc-console {-n name} [-e escape character] [-t ttynum]

DESCRIPTION
       If  the	tty  service has been configured and is available for the con‐
       tainer specified as parameter, this command will launch a  console  al‐
       lowing to log on the container.

       The  available  tty are free slots taken by this command. That means if
       the container has four ttys available and the command has been launched
       four times each taking a different tty, the fifth command will fail be‐
       cause no console will be available.

       The command will connect to a tty. If the connection is lost or broken,
       the  command  can  be launched again and regain the tty at the state it
       was before the disconnection.

       A keyboard escape sequence may be used to disconnect from the  tty  and
       quit lxc-console. The default escape sequence is <Ctrl+a q>.

OPTIONS
       -e [escape character]
	      Specify  the  escape sequence prefix to use instead of <Ctrl a>.
	      This may be given as '^letter' or just 'letter'. For example  to
	      use <Ctrl+b q> as the escape sequence use -e '^b'.

       -t [ttynum]
	      Specify the tty number to connect, if not specified a tty number
	      will be automatically choosen by the container.

COMMON OPTIONS
       These options are common to most of lxc commands.

       -?, -h, --help
	      Print a longer usage message than normal.

       --usage
	      Give the usage message

       -q, --quiet
	      mute on

       -P, --lxcpath=PATH
	      Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.

       -o, --logfile=FILE
	      Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.

       -l, --logpriority=LEVEL
	      Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log  priority  is	ERROR.
	      Possible	values	are  : FATAL, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO,
	      DEBUG.

	      Note that this option is setting the priority of the events  log
	      in  the  alternate  log file. It do not have effect on the ERROR
	      events log on stderr.

       -n, --name=NAME
	      Use container identifier NAME.  The container identifier	format
	      is an alphanumeric string.

DIAGNOSTIC
       tty service denied
	      No  tty is available or there is not enough privilege to use the
	      console. For example, the container belongs to  user  "foo"  and
	      "bar" is trying to open a console to it.

SEE ALSO
       lxc(1),	lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-
       execute(1), lxc-kill(1), lxc-console(1),	 lxc-monitor(1),  lxc-wait(1),
       lxc-cgroup(1),  lxc-ls(1),  lxc-ps(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-
       unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)

AUTHOR
       Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>

			  Tue Jul 9 14:17:14 CDT 2013		lxc-console(1)

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