Sharing the hosts LXD unix.socket with an admin instance

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So it turns out the way to do this is using the proxy device, which also avoids any issues with file ID shifting too.

e.g.

devices:
  lxdsocket:
    bind: container
    connect: unix:/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/unix.socket
    listen: unix:/root/lxd.socket
    type: proxy

Then inside the container:

LXD_SOCKET=/root/lxd.socket lxc ls

Based on the excellent guide here How to manage LXD from within one of its containers – Mi blog lah!

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