systemd-nspawn: starting multiple shells

[vcaputo@xxxxxxxxxxx (Vito Caputo)]

On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 03:09:04PM +0100, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> How would I go about starting an additional shell in an existing
> container? I am starting the container with:
> 
> $ systemd-nspawn -M foo --as-pid2 --register=no
> 
> "foo" is a raw image retrieved with machinectl. If I simply execute the
> above command again, I am getting a "Disk image
> /var/lib/machines/foo.raw is currently busy." error.
> 
> I've looked into the systemd-nspawn manpage, but couldn't find anything
> appropriate.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 

Take a look at the machinectl man page, the "shell" and "login"
subcommands in particular.

Regards,
Vito Caputo