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diff --git a/docs/podman.1.md b/docs/podman.1.md index ea7f93afa..5581e0569 100644 --- a/docs/podman.1.md +++ b/docs/podman.1.md @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Print the version **libpod.conf** (`/etc/containers/libpod.conf`) -libpod.conf is the configuration file for all tools using libpod to manage containers. This file is ignored when running in rootless mode. +libpod.conf is the configuration file for all tools using libpod to manage containers. When Podman runs in rootless mode, then the file `$HOME/.config/containers/libpod.conf` is used. **storage.conf** (`/etc/containers/storage.conf`) @@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ storage.conf is the storage configuration file for all tools using containers/st The storage configuration file specifies all of the available container storage options for tools using shared container storage. +When Podman runs in rootless mode, the file `$HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf` is also loaded. + **mounts.conf** (`/usr/share/containers/mounts.conf` and optionally `/etc/containers/mounts.conf`) The mounts.conf files specify volume mount directories that are automatically mounted inside containers when executing the `podman run` or `podman start` commands. Container processes can then use this content. The volume mount content does not get committed to the final image if you do a `podman commit`. @@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ The format of the mounts.conf is the volume format /SRC:/DEST, one mount per lin Note this is not a volume mount. The content of the volumes is copied into container storage, not bind mounted directly from the host. +When Podman runs in rootless mode, the file `$HOME/.config/containers/mounts.conf` is also used. + **hook JSON** (`/usr/share/containers/oci/hooks.d/*.json`) Each `*.json` file in `/usr/share/containers/oci/hooks.d` configures a hook for Podman containers. For more details on the syntax of the JSON files and the semantics of hook injection, see `oci-hooks(5)`. @@ -153,6 +157,8 @@ Hooks are not used when running in rootless mode. registries.conf is the configuration file which specifies which container registries should be consulted when completing image names which do not include a registry or domain portion. +When Podman runs in rootless mode, the file `$HOME/.config/containers/registries.conf` is used. + ## Rootless mode Podman can also be used as non-root user. When podman runs in rootless mode, an user namespace is automatically created. |