@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ func NewRuntimeFromDirectory(config *DaemonConfig) (*Runtime, error) {

 		return nil, err

 	}

-	if err := copyLxcStart(config.Root); err != nil {

+	if err := linkLxcStart(config.Root); err != nil {

 		return nil, err

 	}

 	g, err := NewGraph(path.Join(config.Root, "graph"))

@@ -647,25 +647,21 @@ func (runtime *Runtime) Close() error {

 	return runtime.containerGraph.Close()

 }

-func copyLxcStart(root string) error {

+func linkLxcStart(root string) error {

 	sourcePath, err := exec.LookPath("lxc-start")

 	if err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

 	targetPath := path.Join(root, "lxc-start-unconfined")

-	sourceFile, err := os.Open(sourcePath)

-	if err != nil {

-		return err

-	}

-	defer sourceFile.Close()

-	targetFile, err := os.Create(targetPath)

-	if err != nil {

+

+	if _, err := os.Stat(targetPath); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {

 		return err

+	} else if err == nil {

+		if err := os.Remove(targetPath); err != nil {

+			return err

+		}

 	}

-	defer targetFile.Close()

-	os.Chmod(targetPath, 0755)

-	_, err = io.Copy(targetFile, sourceFile)

-	return err

+	return os.Symlink(sourcePath, targetPath)

 }

 // History is a convenience type for storing a list of containers,