3 files changed, 67 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go b/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
index 14453e7f4..2cb3c3f20 100644
--- a/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
+++ b/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package namespaces
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/containers/storage"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -92,6 +96,54 @@ func (n UsernsMode) IsKeepID() bool {
 	return n == "keep-id"
 }
 
+// IsAuto indicates whether container uses the "auto" userns mode.
+func (n UsernsMode) IsAuto() bool {
+	parts := strings.Split(string(n), ":")
+	return parts[0] == "auto"
+}
+
+// GetAutoOptions returns a AutoUserNsOptions with the settings to setup automatically
+// a user namespace.
+func (n UsernsMode) GetAutoOptions() (*storage.AutoUserNsOptions, error) {
+	parts := strings.SplitN(string(n), ":", 2)
+	if parts[0] != "auto" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("wrong user namespace mode")
+	}
+	options := storage.AutoUserNsOptions{}
+	if len(parts) == 1 {
+		return &options, nil
+	}
+	for _, o := range strings.Split(parts[1], ",") {
+		v := strings.SplitN(o, "=", 2)
+		if len(v) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid option specified: %q", o)
+		}
+		switch v[0] {
+		case "size":
+			s, err := strconv.ParseUint(v[1], 10, 32)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			options.Size = uint32(s)
+		case "uidmapping":
+			mapping, err := storage.ParseIDMapping([]string{v[1]}, nil, "", "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			options.AdditionalUIDMappings = append(options.AdditionalUIDMappings, mapping.UIDMap...)
+		case "gidmapping":
+			mapping, err := storage.ParseIDMapping(nil, []string{v[1]}, "", "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			options.AdditionalGIDMappings = append(options.AdditionalGIDMappings, mapping.GIDMap...)
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown option specified: %q", v[0])
+		}
+	}
+	return &options, nil
+}
+
 // IsPrivate indicates whether the container uses the a private userns.
 func (n UsernsMode) IsPrivate() bool {
 	return !(n.IsHost() || n.IsContainer())
@@ -101,7 +153,7 @@ func (n UsernsMode) IsPrivate() bool {
 func (n UsernsMode) Valid() bool {
 	parts := strings.Split(string(n), ":")
 	switch mode := parts[0]; mode {
-	case "", privateType, hostType, "keep-id", nsType:
+	case "", privateType, hostType, "keep-id", nsType, "auto":
 	case containerType:
 		if len(parts) != 2 || parts[1] == "" {
 			return false
diff --git a/pkg/spec/namespaces.go b/pkg/spec/namespaces.go
index 838d95c54..aebc90f68 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/namespaces.go
+++ b/pkg/spec/namespaces.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func (c *UserConfig) ConfigureGenerator(g *generate.Generator) error {
 }
 
 func (c *UserConfig) getPostConfigureNetNS() bool {
-	hasUserns := c.UsernsMode.IsContainer() || c.UsernsMode.IsNS() || len(c.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 || len(c.IDMappings.GIDMap) > 0
+	hasUserns := c.UsernsMode.IsContainer() || c.UsernsMode.IsNS() || c.UsernsMode.IsAuto() || len(c.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 || len(c.IDMappings.GIDMap) > 0
 	postConfigureNetNS := hasUserns && !c.UsernsMode.IsHost()
 	return postConfigureNetNS
 }
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func (c *UserConfig) getPostConfigureNetNS() bool {
 // InNS returns true if the UserConfig indicates to be in a dedicated user
 // namespace.
 func (c *UserConfig) InNS(isRootless bool) bool {
-	hasUserns := c.UsernsMode.IsContainer() || c.UsernsMode.IsNS() || len(c.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 || len(c.IDMappings.GIDMap) > 0
+	hasUserns := c.UsernsMode.IsContainer() || c.UsernsMode.IsNS() || c.UsernsMode.IsAuto() || len(c.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 || len(c.IDMappings.GIDMap) > 0
 	return isRootless || (hasUserns && !c.UsernsMode.IsHost())
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils.go b/pkg/util/utils.go
index 0c055745d..372c7c53b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils.go
@@ -327,6 +327,18 @@ func ParseIDMapping(mode namespaces.UsernsMode, uidMapSlice, gidMapSlice []strin
 		HostGIDMapping: true,
 	}
 
+	if mode.IsAuto() {
+		var err error
+		options.HostUIDMapping = false
+		options.HostGIDMapping = false
+		options.AutoUserNs = true
+		opts, err := mode.GetAutoOptions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		options.AutoUserNsOpts = *opts
+		return &options, nil
+	}
 	if mode.IsKeepID() {
 		if len(uidMapSlice) > 0 || len(gidMapSlice) > 0 {
 			return nil, errors.New("cannot specify custom mappings with --userns=keep-id")