# connect to tty on Docker for Mac VM screen ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/tty # disconnect that session but leave it open in background Ctrl-a d # list that session that's still running in background screen -ls # reconnect to that session (don't open a new one, that won't work and 2nd tty will give you garbled screen) screen -r # kill this session (window) and exit Ctrl-a k # other option to connect w/o screen docker run -it --privileged --pid=host debian nsenter -t 1 -m -u -n -i sh # Phil Estes says this does: # it’s running a container (using the debian image..nothing special about it other than it apparently has `nsenter` installed) # , with pid=host (so you are in the process space of the mini VM running Docker4Mac), and then nsenter says “whatever is pid 1, # use that as context, and enter all the namespaces of that, and run a shell there"