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Linux distros with user namespace enabled by default

Lieuwe Rooijakkers edited this page Dec 18, 2021 · 6 revisions
Linux distros User namespace enabled by default uname -a Notes
Alpine 38 YES Linux alpine38.localdomain 4.14.127-0-virt #1-Alpine SMP Tue Jun 18 13:57:52 UTC 2019 x86_64 Linux N/A
Linux Mint 19 tar YES Linux vagrant 4.15.0-20-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 24 06:16:15 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux N/A
Arch Linux YES Linux archlinux 5.2.5-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 31 08:30:34 UTC 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux N/A
CentOS 7 NO Linux localhost.localdomain 3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 14 21:24:32 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Use namespace cannot be enabled even with root privileges. Use proot mode instead.
Debian 10 Buster NO Linux buster 4.19.0-5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-5 (2019-06-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux You need root privileges to enable it. If that's not possible use proot mode instead.
Debian 8 Jessie NO Linux jessie 3.16.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.68-1 (2019-05-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux The user namespace is disabled. Root privileges are required to enable it. If that's not possible use proot mode instead.
Fedora 30 YES Linux localhost.localdomain 5.0.9-301.fc30.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 23 23:57:35 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux N/A
OpenSuse 42.3 YES Linux opensuse42 4.4.180-102-default #1 SMP Mon Jun 17 13:11:23 UTC 2019 (7cfa20a) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux N/A
Ubuntu 18.04 YES N/A N/A
Ubuntu 19.04 YES Linux ubuntu1904.localdomain 5.0.0-31-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 30 18:51:59 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux N/A
Red Hat 8 YES Linux rhel8.localdomain 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 13 12:02:46 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux N/A