Subject: Re: [vserver] The new guest server does not want to start
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 18:33:11 +0100

On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 06:28:29PM +0100, Sam Przyswa wrote:
> Hi,

Hello Sam,

> I got this error message:

> # vserver vserver start
> RTNETLINK answers: File exists
> No command given; use '--help' for more information.

Do not name your guest 'vserver' :)

Best,
Herbert

> An error occured while executing the vserver startup sequence;
> when there are no other messages, it is very likely that the
> init-script () failed.

> Common causes are:
> * /etc/rc.d/rc on Fedora Core 1 and RH9 fails always; the
>   'apt-rpm' build   method knows how to deal with this, but on
>   existing installations, appending 'true' to this file will
>   help.

> Failed to start vserver 'vserver'

> !?

> Sam.