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Entering container using docker-exec, usable from docker version 1.3

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### Entering a Docker Container
The "official" way to enter a docker container while it's running is to use `nsenter`, which uses [libcontainer under the hood](http://jpetazzo.github.io/2014/03/23/lxc-attach-nsinit-nsenter-docker-0-9/). Using an `sshd` daemon is [considered evil](http://jpetazzo.github.io/2014/06/23/docker-ssh-considered-evil/).
From Docker v.1.3 it is possible to inject a new processes to a running container using [docker-exec](https://docs.docker.com/reference/commandline/cli/#exec). To enter a running container just attach a new shell process to a running container called foo, use: `docker exec -it foo /bin/bash`.
Prior to v.1.3 this the "official" way to enter a docker container while it's running is to use `nsenter`, which uses [libcontainer under the hood](http://jpetazzo.github.io/2014/03/23/lxc-attach-nsinit-nsenter-docker-0-9/). Using an `sshd` daemon is [considered evil](http://jpetazzo.github.io/2014/06/23/docker-ssh-considered-evil/).
Unfortunately, nsenter requires some configuration and installation. If your operating system does not include nsenter (usually in a package named util-linux or similar, although it has to be quite a recent version), the easiest way is probably to install it through docker, as described in the first of the following links: