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-rw-r--r--libpod/runtime.go14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/runtime.go b/libpod/runtime.go
index 4dd2707e8..3b1c2be98 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime.go
@@ -870,6 +870,20 @@ func makeRuntime(runtime *Runtime) (err error) {
_, err = os.Stat(runtimeAliveFile)
if err != nil {
+ // If we need to refresh, then it is safe to assume there are
+ // no containers running. Create immediately a namespace, as
+ // we will need to access the storage.
+ if os.Geteuid() != 0 {
+ aliveLock.Unlock()
+ became, ret, err := rootless.BecomeRootInUserNS()
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ if became {
+ os.Exit(ret)
+ }
+
+ }
// If the file doesn't exist, we need to refresh the state
// This will trigger on first use as well, but refreshing an
// empty state only creates a single file