3 files changed, 50 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go b/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
index 7ed95bd0f..35298796f 100644
--- a/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
+++ b/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
@@ -76,27 +76,50 @@ func (n UsernsMode) IsKeepID() bool {
 
 // IsPrivate indicates whether the container uses the a private userns.
 func (n UsernsMode) IsPrivate() bool {
-	return !(n.IsHost())
+	return !(n.IsHost() || n.IsContainer())
 }
 
 // Valid indicates whether the userns is valid.
 func (n UsernsMode) Valid() bool {
 	parts := strings.Split(string(n), ":")
 	switch mode := parts[0]; mode {
-	case "", "host", "keep-id":
+	case "", "host", "keep-id", "ns":
+	case "container":
+		if len(parts) != 2 || parts[1] == "" {
+			return false
+		}
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
 }
 
+// IsNS indicates a userns namespace passed in by path (ns:<path>)
+func (n UsernsMode) IsNS() bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(string(n), "ns:")
+}
+
+// NS gets the path associated with a ns:<path> userns ns
+func (n UsernsMode) NS() string {
+	parts := strings.SplitN(string(n), ":", 2)
+	if len(parts) > 1 {
+		return parts[1]
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 // IsContainer indicates whether container uses a container userns.
 func (n UsernsMode) IsContainer() bool {
-	return false
+	parts := strings.SplitN(string(n), ":", 2)
+	return len(parts) > 1 && parts[0] == "container"
 }
 
 // Container is the id of the container which network this container is connected to.
 func (n UsernsMode) Container() string {
+	parts := strings.SplitN(string(n), ":", 2)
+	if len(parts) > 1 {
+		return parts[1]
+	}
 	return ""
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/spec/createconfig.go b/pkg/spec/createconfig.go
index 1fb1f829b..214a3c5ed 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/createconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/spec/createconfig.go
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ func (c *CreateConfig) getContainerCreateOptions(runtime *libpod.Runtime, pod *l
 		}
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithNetNSFrom(connectedCtr))
 	} else if !c.NetMode.IsHost() && !c.NetMode.IsNone() {
-		postConfigureNetNS := c.NetMode.IsSlirp4netns() || (len(c.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 || len(c.IDMappings.GIDMap) > 0) && !c.UsernsMode.IsHost()
+		hasUserns := c.UsernsMode.IsContainer() || c.UsernsMode.IsNS() || len(c.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 || len(c.IDMappings.GIDMap) > 0
+		postConfigureNetNS := c.NetMode.IsSlirp4netns() || (hasUserns && !c.UsernsMode.IsHost())
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithNetNS(portBindings, postConfigureNetNS, string(c.NetMode), networks))
 	}
 
@@ -287,6 +288,26 @@ func (c *CreateConfig) getContainerCreateOptions(runtime *libpod.Runtime, pod *l
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithCgroupNSFrom(connectedCtr))
 	}
 
+	if c.UsernsMode.IsNS() {
+		ns := c.UsernsMode.NS()
+		if ns == "" {
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("invalid empty user-defined user namespace")
+		}
+		_, err := os.Stat(ns)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		options = append(options, libpod.WithIDMappings(*c.IDMappings))
+	} else if c.UsernsMode.IsContainer() {
+		connectedCtr, err := runtime.LookupContainer(c.UsernsMode.Container())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "container %q not found", c.UsernsMode.Container())
+		}
+		options = append(options, libpod.WithUserNSFrom(connectedCtr))
+	} else {
+		options = append(options, libpod.WithIDMappings(*c.IDMappings))
+	}
+
 	if c.PidMode.IsContainer() {
 		connectedCtr, err := runtime.LookupContainer(c.PidMode.Container())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -379,7 +400,6 @@ func (c *CreateConfig) getContainerCreateOptions(runtime *libpod.Runtime, pod *l
 	}
 	options = append(options, libpod.WithShmSize(c.Resources.ShmSize))
 	options = append(options, libpod.WithGroups(c.GroupAdd))
-	options = append(options, libpod.WithIDMappings(*c.IDMappings))
 	if c.Rootfs != "" {
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithRootFS(c.Rootfs))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/spec/spec.go b/pkg/spec/spec.go
index 824c99025..15c8c77fa 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/spec/spec.go
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ func (config *CreateConfig) createConfigToOCISpec(runtime *libpod.Runtime, userM
 	canMountSys := true
 
 	isRootless := rootless.IsRootless()
-	inUserNS := isRootless || (len(config.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 || len(config.IDMappings.GIDMap) > 0) && !config.UsernsMode.IsHost()
+	hasUserns := config.UsernsMode.IsContainer() || config.UsernsMode.IsNS() || len(config.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 || len(config.IDMappings.GIDMap) > 0
+	inUserNS := isRootless || (hasUserns && !config.UsernsMode.IsHost())
 
 	if inUserNS && config.NetMode.IsHost() {
 		canMountSys = false
@@ -554,7 +555,6 @@ func addUserNS(config *CreateConfig, g *generate.Generator) error {
 		if err := g.AddOrReplaceLinuxNamespace(spec.UserNamespace, NS(string(config.UsernsMode))); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
 		// runc complains if no mapping is specified, even if we join another ns.  So provide a dummy mapping
 		g.AddLinuxUIDMapping(uint32(0), uint32(0), uint32(1))
 		g.AddLinuxGIDMapping(uint32(0), uint32(0), uint32(1))