/* Create a few default symlinks, which are normally created
* by udevd, but some scripts might need them before we start
* udevd. */
- dev_setup();
+ dev_setup(NULL);
+
+ /* Mark the root directory as shared in regards to mount
+ * propagation. The kernel defaults to "private", but we think
+ * it makes more sense to have a default of "shared" so that
+ * nspawn and the container tools work out of the box. If
+ * specific setups need other settings they can reset the
+ * propagation mode to private if needed. */
+ if (mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC|MS_SHARED, NULL) < 0)
+ log_warning("Failed to set up the root directory for shared mount propagation: %m");
/* Create a few directories we always want around */
mkdir_label("/run/systemd", 0755);