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jjmarryesterday at 7:19 PM6 repliesview on HN

Every time I try to install Docker there's a warning that being in the "docker" group is equivalent to having root access.

You should probably know about this workaround by now.


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jonny_ehyesterday at 8:56 PM

Most of us install Docker just to run a project locally, and is part of a long checklist of things to install. We can't expect everyone to be an expert on the hundreds of apps/tools/packages that get installed on a machine. It's like expected people to read, and understand, all the terms of service shoved in front of us on a daily basis.

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toasty228yesterday at 9:17 PM

> My """ai""" just did something amazing, click to learn more

99% of the time it just read the man or some other form of documentation

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linsomniacyesterday at 8:28 PM

I recently switched over to podman and it's been great!

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Youdenyesterday at 7:26 PM

I think that's distro-specific. Some set it up with more secure defaults (unix socket with permissions), others less (TCP socket).

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worikyesterday at 9:45 PM

That, in a nutshell, is why I do not install Docker