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| author | Ashley Cui <acui@redhat.com> | 2022-06-24 10:22:25 -0400 |
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| committer | Ashley Cui <acui@redhat.com> | 2022-06-29 09:19:09 -0400 |
| commit | d9ff0fd15da268fae9744a60522ecdf94744b74a (patch) | |
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Only allow Rootless runs of Podman Machine
Podman Machine crashes if run as root. When creating the machine, we write the ignition so that the UID of the core user matches the UID of the user on the host. We by default, create the root user on the machine with UID 0. If the user on the host is root, the core UID and the Root UID collide, causing a the VM not to boot.
[NO NEW TESTS NEEDED]
Signed-off-by: Ashley Cui <acui@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-init.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-init.1.md index 33947bbba..2adb15e6a 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-init.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-init.1.md @@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ podman\-machine\-init - Initialize a new virtual machine Initialize a new virtual machine for Podman. -Podman on macOS requires a virtual machine. This is because containers are Linux - +Rootless only. + +Podman on MacOS and Windows requires a virtual machine. This is because containers are Linux - containers do not run on any other OS because containers' core functionality are -tied to the Linux kernel. +tied to the Linux kernel. Podman machine must be used to manage MacOS and Windows machines, +but can be optionally used on Linux. **podman machine init** initializes a new Linux virtual machine where containers are run. SSH keys are automatically generated to access the VM, and system connections to the root account |