# initContainer Execute Shell

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/initcontainer-execute-shell/38078>\
**Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime\
**Created:** [June 6, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/initcontainer-execute-shell/38078 "2022-06-06T23:01:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bkendzior](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/bkendzior/32/8965_2.png) [@bkendzior](https://forums.suse.com/u/bkendzior)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/initcontainer-execute-shell/38078/1 "2022-06-06T23:01:29Z")

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I recently noticed that the “Execute Shell” command isn’t available from the Web UI when Pods are in the `Init: x/y` state - even when there is a container running on the host system. Just filing this here as a feature request.

I’m running Rancher: 2.6.3

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**Author:** ![aemneina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/aemneina/32/1323_2.png) [@aemneina](https://forums.suse.com/u/aemneina)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/initcontainer-execute-shell/38078/2 "2022-06-07T00:09:26Z")

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Hi @bkendzior new feature requests and issues should be submitted to the rancher github repo [here](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/)