cmd/create, doc/toolbox-create, sh: Add flag --hostname to create com…

…mand.

When SSH to a host, ~/.Xauthority will be used for xauth; the entries in
it contains the hostname. If within the toolbox container it uses
another hostname, the xauth will fail. Therefore we need to be able to
specify the hostname when creating the container.

#573

doc/toolbox-create.1.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ toolbox\-create - Create a new toolbox container
 ## SYNOPSIS
 **toolbox create** [*--container NAME* | *-c NAME*]
                [*--distro DISTRO* | *-d DISTRO*]
+               [*--hostname HOSTNAME*]
                [*--image NAME* | *-i NAME*]
                [*--release RELEASE* | *-r RELEASE*]
 
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ customized containers from custom-built base images.
 Create a toolbox container for a different operating system DISTRO than the
 host. Cannot be used with `--image`.
 
+**--hostname** HOSTNAME
+
+Create the toolbox container using the specified hostname (default: toolbox).
+
 **--image** NAME, **-i** NAME
 
 Change the NAME of the base image used to create the toolbox container. This

src/cmd/create.go

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ var (
 	createFlags struct {
 		container string
 		distro    string
+		hostname  string
 		image     string
 		release   string
 	}
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ func init() {
 		"",
 		"Create a toolbox container for a different operating system distribution than the host")
 
+	flags.StringVar(&createFlags.hostname,
+		"hostname",
+		"toolbox",
+		"Create the toolbox container using the specified hostname (default: toolbox).")
+
 	flags.StringVarP(&createFlags.image,
 		"image",
 		"i",
@@ -390,7 +396,7 @@ func createContainer(container, image, release string, showCommandToEnter bool)
 	createArgs = append(createArgs, xdgRuntimeDirEnv...)
 
 	createArgs = append(createArgs, []string{
-		"--hostname", "toolbox",
+		"--hostname", createFlags.hostname,
 		"--ipc", "host",
 		"--label", "com.github.containers.toolbox=true",
 		"--label", "com.github.debarshiray.toolbox=true",

toolbox

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ toolbox_container_default=""
 toolbox_container_old_v1=""
 toolbox_container_old_v2=""
 toolbox_container_prefix_default=""
+toolbox_hostname=toolbox
 toolbox_image=""
 toolbox_runtime_directory="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/toolbox
 user_id_real=$(id -ru 2>&3)
@@ -1075,7 +1076,7 @@ create()
     $podman_command create \
             --dns none \
             --env TOOLBOX_PATH="$TOOLBOX_PATH" \
-            --hostname toolbox \
+            --hostname "${toolbox_hostname}" \
             --ipc host \
             --label "com.github.containers.toolbox=true" \
             --label "com.github.debarshiray.toolbox=true" \
@@ -2399,6 +2400,11 @@ case $op in
                     help "$op"
                     exit
                     ;;
+                --hostname )
+                    shift
+                    exit_if_missing_argument --hostname "$1"
+                    toolbox_hostname=$1
+                    ;;
                 -i | --image )
                     shift
                     exit_if_missing_argument --image "$1"