1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/network/network.go b/libpod/network/network.go
index 7327a1a7d..0febb52f6 100644
--- a/libpod/network/network.go
+++ b/libpod/network/network.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containernetworking/plugins/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/allocator"
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/libpod/define"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/pkg/rootless"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -181,21 +182,26 @@ func RemoveNetwork(config *config.Config, name string) error {
 	// Before we delete the configuration file, we need to make sure we can read and parse
 	// it to get the network interface name so we can remove that too
 	interfaceName, err := GetInterfaceNameFromConfig(cniPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to find network interface name in %q", cniPath)
-	}
-	liveNetworkNames, err := GetLiveNetworkNames()
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get live network names")
-	}
-	if util.StringInSlice(interfaceName, liveNetworkNames) {
-		if err := RemoveInterface(interfaceName); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to delete the network interface %q", interfaceName)
+	if err == nil {
+		// Don't try to remove the network interface if we are not root
+		if !rootless.IsRootless() {
+			liveNetworkNames, err := GetLiveNetworkNames()
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get live network names")
+			}
+			if util.StringInSlice(interfaceName, liveNetworkNames) {
+				if err := RemoveInterface(interfaceName); err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to delete the network interface %q", interfaceName)
+				}
+			}
 		}
+	} else if err != ErrNoSuchNetworkInterface {
+		// Don't error if we couldn't find the network interface name
+		return err
 	}
 	// Remove the configuration file
 	if err := os.Remove(cniPath); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to remove network configuration file %q", cniPath)
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to remove network configuration")
 	}
 	return nil
 }