docker: Can't use ls in mount directory

Question

I use docker run -it -v $PWD/website:/var/www/html/website gerbawn/nginx /bin/bash to start a docker container. But I can't use ls to look /var/www/html/website directory.

I had change directory permission to 777 but no use.

Would http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24288616/permission-denied-on-accessing-host-directory-in-docker help? Or http://stackoverflow.com/a/30101747/6309? — VonC, Aug 18 '15 at 08:28

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

The first link I mentioned "Permission denied on accessing host directory in docker" seems to be the root cause:
Assign the proper SELinux policy type to the host directory

chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t host_dir

(host_dir is a path to the directory on host system that is mounted to the container.)

Actually, since docker 1.7, you should be able to do a:

docker run -it -v $PWD/website:/var/www/html/website:z gerbawn/nginx /bin/bash
                                                    ^^
# or:
docker run -it -v $PWD/website:/var/www/html/website:Z gerbawn/nginx /bin/bash
                                                    ^^

docker: Can't use ls in mount directory

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