System and method for guest operating system using containers
US11042398B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 5, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45591
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for operating an electronic device, the method including spawning a name space tool (NST) as part of a boot process of a host OS, wherein the NST is a process with a plurality of root privileges of the host OS. The method further includes spawning, by the NST, a container for a guest OS, wherein the container for the guest OS is mapped to a dedicated domain in the host OS, and dropping, by the NST, a root privilege of the host OS in response to spawning the container for the guest OS.
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