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Changing permissions for /var/lib/docker (self.docker)

submitted 1 year ago by aseriesoftubes to c/docker

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Is it a bad idea to recursively change the permissions for the /var/lib/docker directory? That directory is owned by root:root and the permissions are rwx--x---.

I'm hoping to be able to access my named volumes without using sudo so that I can easily back them up.

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[–] breadsmasher 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why are your named volumes related to /var/lib/docker at all?

If you want to back up the data, you just need to access wherever the host directory is.

/some/home/directory:/container/directory

You only need access to that host directory and back that up?

[–] aseriesoftubes 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you’re thinking of bind mounts. Named volumes live in /var/lib/docker/volumes.

[–] breadsmasher 1 points 1 year ago

Gotcha - my mistake.

Something like this? https://stackoverflow.com/a/39125414