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TL;DR

nsenter

Run a new command in a running process’ namespace. Particularly useful for Docker images or chroot jails. More information: https://manned.org/nsenter.

  • Run a specific command using the same namespaces as an existing process:

nsenter --target pid --all command command_arguments

  • Run a specific command in an existing process’s mount|UTS|IPC|network|PID|user|cgroup|time namespace:

nsenter --target pid --mount|uts|ipc|net|pid|user|cgroup command command_arguments

  • Run a specific command in an existing process’s UTS, time, and IPC namespaces:

nsenter --target pid --uts --time --ipc -- command command_arguments

  • Run a specific command in an existing process’s namespace by referencing procfs:

nsenter --pid=/proc/pid/pid/net -- command command_arguments

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