Description of problem: Cannot access the docker daemon using users that are members of the Unix group docker. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Do a install of docker-io 2. Confirm that user X is in the group "docker" 3. Confirm the default permissions $ ls -l /var/run/docker.sock srw-rw----. 1 root root 0 Jul 29 18:19 /var/run/docker.sock 4. Try to run a docker command $ docker images 2014/07/30 11:55:32 Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.12/images/json: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: permission denied Actual results: $ docker images 2014/07/30 11:55:32 Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.12/images/json: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: permission denied Expected results: Changing the permissions on the socket file fixes the issue. $ sudo chgrp docker /var/run/docker.sock $ ls -l /var/run/docker.sock srw-rw----. 1 root docker 0 Jul 29 18:19 /var/run/docker.sock $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE pg-image latest 1755abce241d About an hour ago 319.5 MB redis-image latest bef8689ea31c About an hour ago 133.6 MB Additional info: Seems to be a packaging issue, perhaps in the .spec file? I'm using the following version of docker-io $ rpm -q docker-io docker-io-1.0.0-6.fc20.x86_64 $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch Distributor ID: Fedora Description: Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Release: 20 Codename: Heisenbug
Please upgrade to docker-io >= 1.0.0-9. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1119282 ***