Did the following: 1. launched a new VM from the custom build lxc launch mantic-20231005 --vm --device root,size=20GiB mantic-cust-vm 2. pushed squashfs and lxc metadata from same custom build lxc file push build.output/livecd.ubuntu-cpc.squashfs mantic-cust-vm/root/ lxc file push vm/mantic-server-cloudimg-amd64-lxd.tar.xz mantic-cust-vm/root/ 3. initialized lxd lxd init --auto 3. imported into lxc lxc image import ./mantic-server-cloudimg-amd64-lxd.tar.xz ./livecd.ubuntu-cpc.squashfs --alias mantic-cust-con 4. launched the container lxc launch mantic-cust-con m-c-c 5. observed the DENIED ptrace Oct 06 12:27:01 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595221.386:113): apparmor="DENIED" operation="ptrace" class="ptrace" profile="lxd-m-c-c_" pid=2420 comm="systemd" requested_mask="read" denied_mask="read" peer="lxd-m-c-c_//&unconfined" 6. deleted the container lxc stop m-c-c lxc delete m-c-c 6. disabled apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_unconfined sudo bash -c "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_unconfined" 7. launched container lxc launch mantic-cust-con m-c-c 8. see different apparmor denied messages: Oct 06 12:29:58 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595398.722:905): apparmor="DENIED" operation="mount" class="mount" info="failed flags match" error=-13 profile="lxd-m-c-c_" name="/run/systemd/unit-root/proc/" pid=4055 comm="(d-logind)" fstype="proc" srcname="proc" flags="rw, nosuid, nodev, noexec" Oct 06 12:29:58 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595398.766:906): apparmor="DENIED" operation="mount" class="mount" info="failed flags match" error=-13 profile="lxd-m-c-c_" name="/run/systemd/unit-root/proc/" pid=4048 comm="(polkitd)" fstype="proc" srcname="proc" flags="rw, nosuid, nodev, noexec" Oct 06 12:29:58 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595398.818:907): apparmor="DENIED" operation="mount" class="mount" info="failed flags match" error=-13 profile="lxd-m-c-c_" name="/run/systemd/unit-root/proc/" pid=4071 comm="(ostnamed)" fstype="proc" srcname="proc" flags="rw, nosuid, nodev, noexec" Oct 06 12:29:58 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595398.874:908): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" info="same as current profile, skipping" label="lxd-m-c-c_//&:lxd-m-c-c_:unconfined" name="rsyslogd" pid=4062 comm="apparmor_parser" Oct 06 12:29:59 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595399.106:909): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" info="same as current profile, skipping" label="lxd-m-c-c_//&:lxd-m-c-c_:unconfined" name="/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine" pid=4130 comm="apparmor_parser" Oct 06 12:29:59 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595399.106:910): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" info="same as current profile, skipping" label="lxd-m-c-c_//&:lxd-m-c-c_:unconfined" name="/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine//mount-namespace-capture-helper" pid=4130 comm="apparmor_parser" Oct 06 12:29:59 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595399.482:911): apparmor="DENIED" operation="file_inherit" class="net" namespace="root//lxd-m-c-c_" profile="/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine" pid=4146 comm="snap-confine" family="netlink" sock_type="raw" protocol=15 requested_mask="send receive" denied_mask="send receive" Oct 06 12:29:59 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595399.498:912): apparmor="DENIED" operation="file_inherit" class="file" namespace="root//lxd-m-c-c_" profile="snap-update-ns.lxd" name="/apparmor/.null" pid=4157 comm="6" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000000 ouid=0 Oct 06 12:29:59 mantic-cust-vm kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1696595399.558:913): apparmor="DENIED" operation="file_inherit" class="file" namespace="root//lxd-m-c-c_" profile="snap.lxd.hook.install" name="/apparmor/.null" pid=4146 comm="snap-exec" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000000 ouid=0 9. However, these are not affecting the container in the same fashion. Snap finishes initializing, and cloud-init finishes root@mantic-cust-vm:~# lxc shell m-c-c root@m-c-c:~# snap changes ID Status Spawn Ready Summary 1 Done yesterday at 21:03 UTC today at 12:30 UTC Initialize system state 2 Done today at 12:29 UTC today at 12:30 UTC Initialize device root@m-c-c:~# cloud-init status status: done