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Linux user namespaces can be used to create containers without having root access, see ex. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/66084/simulate-chroot-with-u

Linux user namespaces can be used to create containers without having root access, see ex. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/66084/simulate-chroot-with-unshare https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/66084/simulate-chro... There's also https://github.com/termux/proot-distro https://github.com/termux/proot-distro which may or may not count as containers depending on how you define the word but I think it does count

1oooqooq 2y ago
you can't detach your username from a process, nor the network ns... etc, etc, etc. yeah you can do some smaller fakechroot and maybe some bind mounts... if you call that a "container" good for you.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
  > you can't detach your username from a process, nor the network ns... etc, etc, etc. Sure looks like it works? $ unshare -i -n -p -u -T -r -f # ls # id gid=0(root) groups=0(root),65534(nogroup) # ip -br a lo DOWN > yeah you can do some smaller fakechroot and maybe some bind mounts... if you call that a "container" good for you. Why are you being condescending about what constitutes a container?