hi, i've digged more into the issue.
Since update from 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-8 to 1:3.1.0+really3.0.4-1 binary 'lxc-user-nic' is not SUID anymore. This change looks like: lxc 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-8 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/lxc-user-nic -rwsr-xr-x root:root lxc 1:3.1.0+really3.0.4-1 /usr/libexec/lxc/lxc-user-nic -rwxr-xr-x root:root At this moment 'lxc-user-nic' doesn't have permissions to make any modification in '/run/lxc/nics', and fails with: lxc-start test0 20190819112823.602 ERROR network - network.c:lxc_create_network_unpriv_exec:2296 - lxc-user-nic fail ed to configure requested network: Permission denied - Failed to create /run/lxc Setting SUID to '/usr/libexec/lxc/lxc-user-nic' makes unprivileged container with veth usable again. BTW - the same issue still exists in the following version 1:3.1.0+really3.0.4-1.1 of lxc. regards -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments