Add a note to use sudo for linux users. about mint HOT 6 CLOSED

why do you need sudo? docker can be configured to not run as root.

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that was the default behavior on ubuntu. I am sure it can be configured. The error message is also misleading to think that docker is not running.

from mint.

that was the default behavior on ubuntu. I am sure it can be configured. The error message is also misleading to think that docker is not running.

Yeah but that is something docker already documents. On how to run docker - we mentioning sudo puts a wrong indication that we need root for some reason. Our server docs for docker don't mention this as well - including swarm etc.

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$ docker run -e SERVER_ENDPOINT=play.minio.io:9000 -e ACCESS_KEY=Q3AM3UQ867SPQQA43P2F -e SECRET_KEY=zuf+tfteSlswRu7BJ86wekitnifILbZam1KYY3TG -e ENABLE_HTTPS=1 minio/mint 
docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?.
See 'docker run --help'.

is what i got without sudo. New ubuntu installation. ps -ef showed docker is running fine. Without configuration of docker to not run as root etc. Mint could put a note in the readme just to be thorough.

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is what i got without sudo. New ubuntu installation. ps -ef showed docker is running fine. Without configuration of docker to not run as root etc. Mint could put a note in the readme just to be thorough.

My only problem with sudo is that it comes across as mint requires sudo not docker. Docker documents this in their installation guide https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/linux-postinstall/

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository

Docker is installed and running. You need to use sudo to run Docker commands. Continue to Linux postinstall to allow non-privileged users to run Docker commands and for other optional configuration steps.

For us it is simply docker run given that you have followed the docker installation guide properly.

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I think we can add a link for Docker installation. will send a PR for this.

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