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Re:Alpine Linux Docker images have NULL for root password by outworlder on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @04:43PM (#19862716)
Why would anyone run an init system inside a container?

Just run the process. Let whatever is managing your container restart it if the process quits, be it docker or K8s.

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Re:Alpine Linux Docker images have NULL for root password by meddlepal on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:47PM (#19863294)
Because sometimes it is easier to ship one thing to customers than 10 different images and several different run manifests.

There's plenty of other reasons.

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Re:Alpine Linux Docker images have NULL for root password by oliver_quartic on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:44PM (#19863267)
Here is one reason: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10852055 (TL;DR - default signal behaviour is different for PID 1).

[Edit - fix link]

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