From 5fc5b4eacb924a597611fe44dcb8e79a7f0b59ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Heon Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:28:45 -0400 Subject: Document .containerenv in manpages. Move it to /run. Signed-off-by: Matthew Heon Closes: #533 Approved by: baude --- docs/podman-run.1.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/podman-run.1.md') diff --git a/docs/podman-run.1.md b/docs/podman-run.1.md index edd7ed681..c1183e910 100644 --- a/docs/podman-run.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-run.1.md @@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ If the IMAGE is not already loaded then **podman run** will pull the IMAGE, and all image dependencies, from the repository in the same way running **podman pull** IMAGE, before it starts the container from that image. +Several files will be automatically created within the container when it is run. +These include `/etc/hosts`, `/etc/hostname`, and `/etc/resolv.conf` to manage +networking. These will be based on the host's version of the files, though they +can be customized with options (for example, **--dns** will override the host's +DNS servers in the created `resolv.conf`). Additionally, an empty file is +created in each container to indicate to programs they are running in a +container. This file is located at `/run/.containerenv`. + ## OPTIONS **--add-host**=[] Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip) -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf