5 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
index 3e99b73b6..d0f90d900 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
@@ -389,6 +389,15 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerLogs(_ context.Context, nameOrIDs []string,
 }
 
 func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerAttach(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, options entities.AttachOptions) error {
+	ctrs, err := getContainersByContext(ic.ClientCxt, false, false, []string{nameOrID})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	ctr := ctrs[0]
+	if ctr.State != define.ContainerStateRunning.String() {
+		return errors.Errorf("you can only attach to running containers")
+	}
+
 	return containers.Attach(ic.ClientCxt, nameOrID, &options.DetachKeys, nil, bindings.PTrue, options.Stdin, options.Stdout, options.Stderr, nil)
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/attach_test.go b/test/e2e/attach_test.go
index 7b18f71ac..8065f6298 100644
--- a/test/e2e/attach_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/attach_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman attach", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman attach to non-running container", func() {
-		SkipIfRemote()
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", "--name", "test1", "-d", "-i", ALPINE, "ls"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
@@ -51,8 +50,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman attach", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman container attach to non-running container", func() {
-		SkipIfRemote()
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "create", "--name", "test1", "-d", "-i", ALPINE, "ls"})
+
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman attach", func() {
 		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainersRunning()).To(Equal(1))
 	})
 	It("podman attach to the latest container", func() {
-		SkipIfRemote()
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-d", "--name", "test1", ALPINE, "/bin/sh", "-c", "while true; do echo test1; sleep 1; done"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
@@ -96,7 +94,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman attach", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		results := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"attach", "-l"})
+		cid := "-l"
+		if IsRemote() {
+			cid = "test2"
+		}
+		results := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"attach", cid})
 		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 		results.Signal(syscall.SIGTSTP)
 		Expect(results.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("test2"))
diff --git a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_remote_test.go b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_remote_test.go
index 874789b5e..e74d9bf7c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_remote_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_remote_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
 
+func IsRemote() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func SkipIfRemote() {
 	ginkgo.Skip("This function is not enabled for remote podman")
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
index bfd898108..0f33798b7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
 
+func IsRemote() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 func SkipIfRemote() {
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_varlink_test.go b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_varlink_test.go
index 750c8cd09..0d7032429 100644
--- a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_varlink_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_varlink_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
 
+func IsRemote() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func SkipIfRemote() {
 	ginkgo.Skip("This function is not enabled for remote podman")
 }