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--- docker:allow_docker_to_be_run_without_using_sudo [2025/05/20 15:36] – peter
+++ docker:allow_docker_to_be_run_without_using_sudo [2025/07/30 09:50] (current) – peter
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 ====== Docker - Allow docker to be run without using sudo ======
-===== Add current user to the docker group =====
+===== To add the current user to the docker group =====
 <code bash>
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-===== Add a specific user to the docker group =====
+===== To add a specific user to the docker group (Optional) =====
 ==== Determine the username ====
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 sudo usermod -aG docker peter
 </code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  Any user can be added to the docker group as required.
+</WRAP>
+----
 ==== Enable this functionality ====
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 newgrp docker
 </code>
+----
+===== Verify that docker commands can be run without sudo =====
+<code bash>
+docker run hello-world
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  If an error is seen such as **docker: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket**, then:
+<code bash>
+sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock
+</code>
+</WRAP>
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