Permission denied

[rjaffeco1]

I am attempting to execute the following docker load command on a host computer with ubuntu 18.04 OS installed.

I entered the following command on terminal session:

magic@magic-OptiPlex-5250-AIO:~/Downloads$ docker load -i ./sdkmanager-2.2.0.12021-Ubuntu_18.04_docker.tar.gz

The following results were displayed:

permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/images/load?quiet=0": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
magic@magic-OptiPlex-5250-AIO:~/Downloads$

Do I need to install docker desktop on my host computer. Please walk me thru the steps

Thanks for your support

warmly, bob

[IsusRamzy]

sudo

[thaJeztah]

Yes, this is expected for a default Docker Engine on Linux setup. Having access to the Docker Engine API is equivalent to root access on the host. Because of that the default permissions on the socket require you to either be root (or using sudo), or for the user to be part of the docker group; https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/

You can use Docker Desktop for Linux (https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/linux/), which runs the daemon inside a non-privileged VM, or run docker in rootless mode (https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/rootless/)

Let me close this ticket as it's not a bug, but feel free to continue the converrsatoni