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| -rw-r--r-- | cmd/podman/root.go | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/bindings/connection.go | 4 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/root.go b/cmd/podman/root.go index 58cab0268..eb30f1ef6 100644 --- a/cmd/podman/root.go +++ b/cmd/podman/root.go @@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ func Execute() { if registry.GetExitCode() == 0 { registry.SetExitCode(define.ExecErrorCodeGeneric) } + if registry.IsRemote() { + if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "unable to connect to Podman") { + fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM") + } + } fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, formatError(err)) } os.Exit(registry.GetExitCode()) diff --git a/pkg/bindings/connection.go b/pkg/bindings/connection.go index 4127ad2f0..e2c46e481 100644 --- a/pkg/bindings/connection.go +++ b/pkg/bindings/connection.go @@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ func NewConnectionWithIdentity(ctx context.Context, uri string, identity string) return nil, errors.Errorf("unable to create connection. %q is not a supported schema", _url.Scheme) } if err != nil { - return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create %sClient", _url.Scheme) + return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to connect to Podman. failed to create %sClient", _url.Scheme) } ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, clientKey, &connection) if err := pingNewConnection(ctx); err != nil { - return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "cannot connect to the Podman socket, please verify the connection to the Linux system, or use `podman machine` to create/start a Linux VM.") + return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to connect to Podman socket") } return ctx, nil } |