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diff --git a/docs/podman.1.md b/docs/podman.1.md index 085af97ff..b7433d850 100644 --- a/docs/podman.1.md +++ b/docs/podman.1.md @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Path to the OCI compatible binary used to run containers **--storage-driver, -s**=**value** -Storage driver. The default storage driver for UID 0 is configured in /etc/containers/storage.conf (`$HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf` in rootless mode), and is *vfs* for other users. The `STORAGE_DRIVER` environment variable overrides the default. The --storage-driver specified driver overrides all. +Storage driver. The default storage driver for UID 0 is configured in /etc/containers/storage.conf (`$HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf` in rootless mode), and is *vfs* for non-root users when *fuse-overlayfs* is not available. The `STORAGE_DRIVER` environment variable overrides the default. The --storage-driver specified driver overrides all. Overriding this option will cause the *storage-opt* settings in /etc/containers/storage.conf to be ignored. The user must specify additional options via the `--storage-opt` flag. @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ the exit codes follow the `chroot` standard, see below: When Podman runs in rootless mode, the file `$HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf` is also loaded. ## Rootless mode -Podman can also be used as non-root user. When podman runs in rootless mode, an user namespace is automatically created. +Podman can also be used as non-root user. When podman runs in rootless mode, a user namespace is automatically created for the user, defined in /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid. Containers created by a non-root user are not visible to other users and are not seen or managed by podman running as root. @@ -209,13 +209,14 @@ Or just add the content manually. $ echo USERNAME:10000:65536 >> /etc/subuid $ echo USERNAME:10000:65536 >> /etc/subgid +See the `subuid(5)` and `subgid(5)` man pages for more information. + Images are pulled under `XDG_DATA_HOME` when specified, otherwise in the home directory of the user under `.local/share/containers/storage`. -Currently it is not possible to create a network device, so rootless containers need to run in the host network namespace. If a rootless container creates a network namespace, -then only the loopback device will be available. +Currently the slirp4netns package is required to be installed to create a network device, otherwise rootless containers need to run in the network namespace of the host. ## SEE ALSO -`containers-mounts.conf(5)`, `containers-registries.conf(5)`, `containers-storage.conf(5)`, `crio(8)`, `libpod.conf(5)`, `oci-hooks(5)`, `policy.json(5)` +`containers-mounts.conf(5)`, `containers-registries.conf(5)`, `containers-storage.conf(5)`, `crio(8)`, `libpod.conf(5)`, `oci-hooks(5)`, `policy.json(5)`, `subuid(5)`, `subgid(5)`, `slirp4netns(1)` ## HISTORY Dec 2016, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> |