[Podman] Re: "Error: cannot mount using driver overlay in rootless mode"

On 2020-01-22 12:45, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > moving on to adding a demo of "podman mount" to my course and, >whoops: > >$ podman mount -a >Error: cannot mount using driver overlay in rootless mode >$ > > quick google brings me here: > >https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/2739 > >but while i peruse that to try to understand it, it's worth noting >that "man podman-mount" gives no warning about this possible outcome. >should it? > >rday Probably. Though, I believe we've added a workaround for this - you can enter the rootless user namespace with `podman unshare` and in it you should be able to mount the container.