[cfarm-users] Install podman on gcc120.fsffrance.org

[Jonathan Wakely]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 at 15:59, Segher Boessenkool via cfarm-users
<cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 04:04:26PM +0200, Florian Weimer via cfarm-users wrote:
> > Would be possible to install podman on gcc120.fsffrance.org
>
> Wow, that brings in all kinds of container and selinux stuff.  But,
> installed :-)
>
> > I expect it to be useful out of the box in rootless mode, and no new
> > daemon with root privileges or special group memberships will be
> > required.
>
> "Rootless mode"?  For users, you mean?

Docker requires a special daemon with root privs for users to run
containers, podman doesn't. It has a "rootless mode" which allows
unprivileged users to run containers. There are some limitations on
what those containers can do in rootless mode, but for many use cases
they work perfectly.