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-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md6
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md17
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-play-kube.1.md5
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-create.1.md33
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md22
5 files changed, 66 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md
index 5793ecae5..406dfcd89 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@ with a new set of cached layers.
#### **--no-hosts**
Do not create _/etc/hosts_ for the container.
-
-By default, Buildah manages _/etc/hosts_, adding the container's own IP address.
-**--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's _/etc/hosts_ will be preserved unmodified. Conflicts with the --add-host option.
+By default, Podman will manage _/etc/hosts_, adding the container's own IP address and any hosts from **--add-host**.
+**--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's _/etc/hosts_ will be preserved unmodified.
+This option conflicts with **--add-host**.
#### **--os**=*string*
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
index f6d028f4d..15ae28dc3 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
@@ -743,9 +743,9 @@ Disable any defined healthchecks for container.
#### **--no-hosts**
-Do not create /etc/hosts for the container.
-By default, Podman will manage /etc/hosts, adding the container's own IP address and any hosts from **--add-host**.
-#### **--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's **/etc/host** will be preserved unmodified.
+Do not create _/etc/hosts_ for the container.
+By default, Podman will manage _/etc/hosts_, adding the container's own IP address and any hosts from **--add-host**.
+**--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's _/etc/hosts_ will be preserved unmodified.
This option conflicts with **--add-host**.
#### **--oom-kill-disable**
@@ -1225,6 +1225,15 @@ Without this argument the command will be run as root in the container.
Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERNS** environment variable. An empty value ("") means user namespaces are disabled unless an explicit mapping is set with the **--uidmap** and **--gidmap** options.
+Rootless user --userns=Key mappings:
+
+Key | Host User | Container User
+----------|---------------|---------------------
+"" |$UID |0 (Default User account mapped to root user in container.)
+keep-id |$UID |$UID (Map user account to same UID within container.)
+auto |$UID | nil (Host User UID is not mapped into container.)
+nomap |$UID | nil (Host User UID is not mapped into container.)
+
Valid _mode_ values are:
**auto**[:_OPTIONS,..._]: automatically create a unique user namespace.
@@ -1247,6 +1256,8 @@ Podman allocates unique ranges of UIDs and GIDs from the `containers` subordinat
**keep-id**: creates a user namespace where the current rootless user's UID:GID are mapped to the same values in the container. This option is ignored for containers created by the root user.
+**nomap**: creates a user namespace where the current rootless user's UID:GID are not mapped into the container. This option is ignored for containers created by the root user.
+
**ns:**_namespace_: run the container in the given existing user namespace.
**private**: create a new namespace for the container.
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-play-kube.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-play-kube.1.md
index 471c17f91..8b56d109a 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-play-kube.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-play-kube.1.md
@@ -216,7 +216,10 @@ Valid _mode_ values are:
#### **--no-hosts**
-Do not create /etc/hosts within the pod's containers, instead use the version from the image
+Do not create /etc/hosts for the pod.
+By default, Podman will manage /etc/hosts, adding the container's own IP address and any hosts from **--add-host**.
+**--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's **/etc/host** will be preserved unmodified.
+This option conflicts with host added in the Kubernetes YAML.
#### **--quiet**, **-q**
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-create.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-create.1.md
index 1bf14efdb..403a317ea 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-create.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-create.1.md
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ containers added to it. The pod id is printed to STDOUT. You can then use
#### **--add-host**=_host_:_ip_
-Add a host to the /etc/hosts file shared between all containers in the pod.
+Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)
+
+Add a line to /etc/hosts. The format is hostname:ip. The **--add-host**
+option can be set multiple times.
+The /etc/hosts file is shared between all containers in the pod.
#### **--cgroup-parent**=*path*
@@ -187,7 +191,10 @@ NOTE: A container will only have access to aliases on the first network that it
#### **--no-hosts**
-Disable creation of /etc/hosts for the pod.
+Do not create _/etc/hosts_ for the pod.
+By default, Podman will manage _/etc/hosts_, adding the container's own IP address and any hosts from **--add-host**.
+**--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's _/etc/hosts_ will be preserved unmodified.
+This option conflicts with **--add-host**.
#### **--pid**=*pid*
@@ -308,14 +315,30 @@ several times to map different ranges.
Set the user namespace mode for all the containers in a pod. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERNS** environment variable. An empty value ("") means user namespaces are disabled.
+Rootless user --userns=Key mappings:
+
+Key | Host User | Container User
+----------|---------------|---------------------
+"" |$UID |0 (Default User account mapped to root user in container.)
+keep-id |$UID |$UID (Map user account to same UID within container.)
+auto |$UID | nil (Host User UID is not mapped into container.)
+nomap |$UID | nil (Host User UID is not mapped into container.)
+
Valid _mode_ values are:
-- *auto[:*_OPTIONS,..._*]*: automatically create a namespace. It is possible to specify these options to `auto`:
+ - *auto[:*_OPTIONS,..._*]*: automatically create a namespace. It is possible to specify these options to `auto`:
+
- *gidmapping=*_CONTAINER_GID:HOST_GID:SIZE_ to force a GID mapping to be present in the user namespace.
+
- *size=*_SIZE_: to specify an explicit size for the automatic user namespace. e.g. `--userns=auto:size=8192`. If `size` is not specified, `auto` will estimate a size for the user namespace.
+
- *uidmapping=*_CONTAINER_UID:HOST_UID:SIZE_ to force a UID mapping to be present in the user namespace.
-- *host*: run in the user namespace of the caller. The processes running in the container will have the same privileges on the host as any other process launched by the calling user (default).
-- *keep-id*: creates a user namespace where the current rootless user's UID:GID are mapped to the same values in the container. This option is ignored for containers created by the root user.
+
+ - *host*: run in the user namespace of the caller. The processes running in the container will have the same privileges on the host as any other process launched by the calling user (default).
+
+ - *keep-id*: creates a user namespace where the current rootless user's UID:GID are mapped to the same values in the container. This option is ignored for containers created by the root user.
+
+ - *nomap*: creates a user namespace where the current rootless user's UID:GID are not mapped into the container. This option is ignored for containers created by the root user.
#### **--volume**, **-v**[=*[[SOURCE-VOLUME|HOST-DIR:]CONTAINER-DIR[:OPTIONS]]*]
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
index 8f72d4f49..578acf379 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ and specified with a _tag_.
## OPTIONS
#### **--add-host**=_host_:_ip_
-Add a line to container's _/etc/hosts_ for custom host-to-IP mapping.
-This option can be set multiple times.
+Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)
+
+Add a line to /etc/hosts. The format is hostname:ip. The **--add-host**
+option can be set multiple times.
#### **--annotation**=_key_=_value_
@@ -768,9 +770,8 @@ Disable any defined healthchecks for container.
#### **--no-hosts**
Do not create _/etc/hosts_ for the container.
-
By default, Podman will manage _/etc/hosts_, adding the container's own IP address and any hosts from **--add-host**.
-#### **--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's _/etc/hosts_ will be preserved unmodified.
+**--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's _/etc/hosts_ will be preserved unmodified.
This option conflicts with **--add-host**.
#### **--oom-kill-disable**
@@ -1290,6 +1291,15 @@ When a user namespace is not in use, the UID and GID used within the container a
Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERNS** environment variable. An empty value ("") means user namespaces are disabled unless an explicit mapping is set with the **--uidmap** and **--gidmap** options.
+Rootless user --userns=Key mappings:
+
+Key | Host User | Container User
+----------|---------------|---------------------
+"" |$UID |0 (Default User account mapped to root user in container.)
+keep-id |$UID |$UID (Map user account to same UID within container.)
+auto |$UID | nil (Host User UID is not mapped into container.)
+nomap |$UID | nil (Host User UID is not mapped into container.)
+
Valid _mode_ values are:
**auto**[:_OPTIONS,..._]: automatically create a unique user namespace.
@@ -1299,6 +1309,7 @@ The `--userns=auto` flag, requires that the user name `containers` and a range o
Example: `containers:2147483647:2147483648`.
Podman allocates unique ranges of UIDs and GIDs from the `containers` subordinate user ids. The size of the ranges is based on the number of UIDs required in the image. The number of UIDs and GIDs can be overridden with the `size` option.
+
The rootless option `--userns=keep-id` uses all the subuids and subgids of the user. Using `--userns=auto` when starting new containers will not work as long as any containers exist that were started with `--userns=keep-id`.
Valid `auto` options:
@@ -1313,10 +1324,11 @@ The rootless option `--userns=keep-id` uses all the subuids and subgids of the u
**keep-id**: creates a user namespace where the current rootless user's UID:GID are mapped to the same values in the container. This option is ignored for containers created by the root user.
+**nomap**: creates a user namespace where the current rootless user's UID:GID are not mapped into the container. This option is ignored for containers created by the root user.
+
**ns:**_namespace_: run the container in the given existing user namespace.
**private**: create a new namespace for the container.
-
This option is incompatible with **--gidmap**, **--uidmap**, **--subuidname** and **--subgidname**.
#### **--uts**=*mode*