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diff --git a/troubleshooting.md b/troubleshooting.md index 93f716e00..32f14c1ee 100644 --- a/troubleshooting.md +++ b/troubleshooting.md @@ -991,12 +991,15 @@ less: dir1/a: Permission denied #### Solution -If you want to read or remove such a file, you can do so by entering a user namespace. -Instead of running commands such as `less dir1/a` or `rm dir1/a`, you would need to -prepend the command-line with `podman unshare`, i.e., -`podman unshare less dir1/a` or `podman unshare rm dir1/a`. To be able to use Bash -features, such as variable expansion and globbing, you need to wrap the command with -`bash -c`, e.g. `podman unshare bash -c 'ls $HOME/dir1/a*'`. +If you want to read, chown, or remove such a file, enter a user +namespace. Instead of running commands such as `less dir1/a` or `rm dir1/a`, you +need to prepend the command-line with `podman unshare`, i.e., +`podman unshare less dir1/a` or `podman unshare rm dir1/a`. To change the ownership +of the file _dir1/a_ to your regular user's UID and GID, run `podman unshare chown 0:0 dir1/a`. +A file having the ownership _0:0_ in the user namespace is owned by the regular +user on the host. To use Bash features, such as variable expansion and +globbing, you need to wrap the command with `bash -c`, e.g. +`podman unshare bash -c 'ls $HOME/dir1/a*'`. Would it have been possible to run Podman in another way so that your regular user would have become the owner of the file? Yes, you can use the options |