quadlet fails to handle quoting properly in .container files

[markstos]

Issue Description

After upgrading to Podman 4.6.2 on Ubuntu 22 and creating a .container file, podman-run would fail with errors like:

with ""Unmounting .../merged invalid argument" and Error: mounting storage for container ...: creating overlay mount to ...: permission denied

By looking closely at the Quadlet -dryrun output, I noticed that quoting had not been handled properly in the .container file-- It should be handled like systemd handles it and allow values to be quoted. Instead, both the container name and image name were generated such that the double quotes were expected to be actually part of the image and container name.

Podman should either throw an error about this during -dryrun, or even better: Allow values to be quoted like systemd does.

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Although we are not using the most recent version of Podman, I see no issues suggesting that the issue has been identified and fixed already.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Create a .container file and quote the values for ContainerName= and ImageName=
2. Run quadlet -dryrun
3. Review the formatting of the container and image name in the the output. Quotes should not appear as part of the names themselves.

Describe the results you received

/usr/bin/podman run "--name="pdf-render-dev"" ... ""localhost/pdf-render-dev""

Describe the results you expected

/usr/bin/podman run "--name=pdf-render-dev ... localhost/pdf-render-dev

podman info output

host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.31.2
  cgroupControllers:
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: conmon_2:2.1.8-0ubuntu22.04+obs16.38_amd64
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.8, commit: '
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 94.26
    systemPercent: 0.99
    userPercent: 4.74
  cpus: 2
  databaseBackend: boltdb
  distribution:
    codename: jammy
    distribution: ubuntu
    version: "22.04"
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2048
  hostname: example.com
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1003
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 296608
      size: 65536
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1003
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 296608
      size: 65536
  kernel: 6.2.0-1017-aws
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 1481560064
  memTotal: 8212094976
  networkBackend: netavark
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: netavark
    dns:
      package: aardvark-dns_1.6.0-0ubuntu22.04+obs34.25_amd64
      path: /usr/libexec/podman/aardvark-dns
      version: aardvark-dns 1.6.0
    package: netavark_1.3.0-0ubuntu22.04+obs22.9_amd64
    path: /usr/libexec/podman/netavark
    version: netavark 1.3.0
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: crun_101:1.12-0ubuntu22.04+obs65.10_amd64
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.12
      commit: ce429cb2e277d001c2179df1ac66a470f00802ae
      rundir: /run/user/1003/crun
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +YAJL
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: ""
    package: ""
    version: ""
  remoteSocket:
    exists: true
    path: /run/user/1003/podman/podman.sock
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /usr/share/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: false
  serviceIsRemote: false
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/bin/slirp4netns
    package: slirp4netns_1.0.1-2_amd64
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.0.1
      commit: 6a7b16babc95b6a3056b33fb45b74a6f62262dd4
      libslirp: 4.6.1
  swapFree: 1397747712
  swapTotal: 2147479552
  uptime: 6h 55m 38.00s (Approximately 0.25 days)
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - registry.fedoraproject.org
  - registry.access.redhat.com
  - docker.io
  - quay.io
store:
  configFile: /home/mark/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 0
    paused: 0
    running: 0
    stopped: 0
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions: {}
  graphRoot: /home/mark/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 20617822208
  graphRootUsed: 11524431872
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "true"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 0
  runRoot: /run/user/1003/containers
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /home/mark/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 4.6.2
  Built: 0
  BuiltTime: Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
  GitCommit: ""
  GoVersion: go1.18.1
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 4.6.2

mark@dev-server:~$ sudo podman info
host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.31.2
  cgroupControllers:
  - cpuset
  - cpu
  - io
  - memory
  - hugetlb
  - pids
  - rdma
  - misc
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: conmon_2:2.1.8-0ubuntu22.04+obs16.38_amd64
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.8, commit: '
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 94.26
    systemPercent: 1
    userPercent: 4.74
  cpus: 2
  databaseBackend: boltdb
  distribution:
    codename: jammy
    distribution: ubuntu
    version: "22.04"
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2041
  hostname: dev-server.rideamigos.com
  idMappings:
    gidmap: null
    uidmap: null
  kernel: 6.2.0-1017-aws
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 1470263296
  memTotal: 8212094976
  networkBackend: cni
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: cni
    dns:
      package: golang-github-containernetworking-plugin-dnsname_1.3.1+ds1-2_amd64
      path: /usr/lib/cni/dnsname
      version: |-
        CNI dnsname plugin
        version: 1.3.1
        commit: unknown
    package: 'containernetworking-plugins, golang-github-containernetworking-plugin-dnsname:
      /usr/lib/cni'
    path: /usr/lib/cni
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: crun_101:1.12-0ubuntu22.04+obs65.10_amd64
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.12
      commit: ce429cb2e277d001c2179df1ac66a470f00802ae
      rundir: /run/crun
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +YAJL
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: ""
    package: ""
    version: ""
  remoteSocket:
    exists: true
    path: /run/podman/podman.sock
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: false
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /usr/share/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: false
  serviceIsRemote: false
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/bin/slirp4netns
    package: slirp4netns_1.0.1-2_amd64
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.0.1
      commit: 6a7b16babc95b6a3056b33fb45b74a6f62262dd4
      libslirp: 4.6.1
  swapFree: 1397747712
  swapTotal: 2147479552
  uptime: 6h 55m 50.00s (Approximately 0.25 days)
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - registry.fedoraproject.org
  - registry.access.redhat.com
  - docker.io
  - quay.io
store:
  configFile: /usr/share/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 3
    paused: 0
    running: 3
    stopped: 0
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions:
    overlay.mountopt: nodev,metacopy=on
  graphRoot: /var/lib/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 44205162496
  graphRootUsed: 26250223616
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "false"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Using metacopy: "true"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 10
  runRoot: /run/containers/storage
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /var/lib/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 4.6.2
  Built: 0
  BuiltTime: Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
  GitCommit: ""
  GoVersion: go1.18.1
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 4.6.2

Podman in a container

No

Privileged Or Rootless

None

Upstream Latest Release

No

Additional environment details

Additional environment details

Additional information

Additional information like issue happens only occasionally or issue happens with a particular architecture or on a particular setting

[rhatdan]

Could you inclue the .container file or a reproducer, so we have the exact problem?

[markstos]

Example triggering .container file contents:

[Container]
ContainerName="killer-quotes"
Image="killer-quotes"

[github-actions]

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