3 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cb885a9..6a86701 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - iurt: bring lo up in the chroot and point hostname to 127.0.0.1
+- iurt: add an option to disable the use of network namespaces
 
 0.7.1
 - iurt: also use --urpmi-root for urpmi.addmedia
diff --git a/iurt b/iurt
index bca67a4..17fa536 100755
--- a/iurt
+++ b/iurt
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ my %config_usage = (
 	desc => 'Enabled icecream usage and uses N procs',
 	default => 0
     },
+    use_netns => {
+	desc => 'Create a separate network namespace for each chroot to prevent builds from accessing the network',
+	default => 1
+    },
 );
 
 if ($run{config_usage}) {
diff --git a/lib/Iurt/Chroot.pm b/lib/Iurt/Chroot.pm
index 1bf019e..c54b180 100644
--- a/lib/Iurt/Chroot.pm
+++ b/lib/Iurt/Chroot.pm
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ sub create_build_chroot {
         }
     }
 
-    if ($ret) {
+    if ($ret && $config->{use_netns}) {
 	sudo($config, '--netns_create', $chroot);
     }
     return $ret;