I also can't access the mysql directory. $ podman run -dt -v ./mysql/data:/mysql:Z centos:7.9.2009 sleep 36000 [root@97605e49f7e3 /]# useradd mysql [root@97605e49f7e3 /]# su - mysql [mysql@97605e49f7e3 /]$ ll total 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12114 Nov 13 2020 anaconda-post.log lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Nov 13 2020 bin -> usr/bin drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 360 Sep 23 01:50 dev drwxr-xr-x 47 root root 460 Sep 23 01:51 etc drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Sep 23 01:51 home lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Nov 13 2020 lib -> usr/lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 13 2020 lib64 -> usr/lib64 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 11 2018 media drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 11 2018 mnt drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Sep 23 01:48 mysql drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 11 2018 opt dr-xr-xr-x 1369 65534 65534 0 Sep 23 01:50 proc dr-xr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 13 2020 root drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 60 Sep 23 01:50 run lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Nov 13 2020 sbin -> usr/sbin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 11 2018 srv dr-xr-xr-x 13 65534 65534 0 Sep 22 10:01 sys drwxrwxrwx 7 root root 4096 Nov 13 2020 tmp drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Nov 13 2020 usr drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 80 Sep 23 01:51 var [mysql@97605e49f7e3 /]$ ls mysql/ ls: cannot open directory mysql/: Permission denied [mysql@97605e49f7e3 /]$ ls tmp/ ks-script-DrRL8A yum.log [mysql@97605e49f7e3 /]$