---
name: "vcontext"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "util-vserver"
version: "0.30.216-pre3120-1.4+b11"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vcontext"
---

# vcontext(8)

manages the creation of security contexts

## NAME

vcontext - manages the creation of security contexts

## DESCRIPTION

### Usage:

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  vcontext **--create** \[--xid \<xid\>\] \<opts\>\* \[--\] \<program\> \<args\>\* vcontext \[(**--migrate** **--xid** \<xid\>)\|--migrate-self\]  \<opts\>\* \[--\] \<program\> \<args\>\*

### \<opts\> can be:

- **--chroot**

  ...  chroot into current directory

- **--namespace**

  ...  execute namespace management operations

- **--uid** \<uid\>

  ...  change uid

- **--initpid**

  ...  set current process as general process reaper for ctx (possible for **--migrate** only)

- **--endsetup**

  ...  clear the setup flag; usefully for migrate only

- **--disconnect**

  ...  start program in background

- **--personality-type** \<type\>

  ...  execute \<program\> in the given execution domain

- **--personality-flags** \<flags\>+

  ...  set special flags for the given execution domain

- **--silent**

  ...  be silent

- **--silentexist**

  ...  be silent when context exists already; usefully for '--create' only

- **--syncsock** \<file-name\>

  ...  before executing the program, send a message

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  to the socket and wait until it closes. \<file-name\> must be a SOCK\_STREAM unix socket

- **--syncmsg** \<message\>

  ...  use \<message\> as synchronization message; by

-

  default, 'ok' will be used

- **--vlogin**

  ...  enable terminal proxy

- **--closefd**

  ...  close all open file descriptors \>2

'vcontext **--create**' exits with code 254 iff the context exists already.

Please report bugs to vserver@list.linux-vserver.org

This program is part of util-vserver

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2004-2006 Enrico Scholz This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.