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+#! /bin/bash
+
+. ./config.sh
+
+start_suite "Abuse of 'start' operation"
+
+weave_on $HOST1 launch
+
+proxy_start_container $HOST1 --name=c1
+proxy docker_on $HOST1 create --name=c2 $SMALL_IMAGE grep "^1$" /sys/class/net/ethwe/carrier
+# Now start c2 with a sneaky HostConfig
+curl -X POST -H Content-Type:application/json -d '{"HostConfig": {"NetworkMode": "container:c1"}}' http://$HOST1:12375/containers/c2/start
+assert "docker_on $HOST1 inspect -f '{{.State.Running}} {{.State.ExitCode}}' c2" "false 0"
+
+end_suite