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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md index 3f6effb75..d9fdd9650 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md @@ -599,15 +599,16 @@ If a container is run with a pod, and the pod has an infra-container, the infra- Give extended privileges to this container. The default is *false*. -By default, Podman containers are “unprivileged” (=false) and cannot, -for example, modify parts of the kernel. This is because by default a -container is not allowed to access any devices. A “privileged” container -is given access to all devices. - -When the operator executes **podman run --privileged**, Podman enables access -to all devices on the host, turns off graphdriver mount options, as well as -turning off most of the security measures protecting the host from the -container. +By default, Podman containers are “unprivileged” (=false) and cannot, for +example, modify parts of the operating system. This is because by default a +container is only allowed limited access to devices. A "privileged" container +is given the same access to devices as the user launching the container. + +A privileged container turns off the security features that isolate the +container from the host. Dropped Capabilities, limited devices, read/only mount +points, Apparmor/SELinux separation, and Seccomp filters are all disabled. + +Rootless containers cannot have more privileges than the account that launched them. **--publish**, **-p**=*port* |