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Podman doesn't expose an interface for enabling kernel modules. The error message is intentionally intended to discourage users from doing administration on systems, just like the other similar messages you'll get about trying to use "privileged" ports (<1024).

Am sure you can get over the kernel module tun creation and other limitations by using something like --privileged but at that point, why not just use docker if you are going to run containers "insecurely".

And for the sake of this argument, drop-in replacement means I can take my tools and move them over to the alternative with little to no extra work needed on my part.




>Am sure you can get over the kernel module tun creation and other limitations by using something like --privileged but at that point, why not just use docker if you are going to run containers "insecurely".

Because at least you can tell that it's insecure, rather than insecurity being the default?


Secure defaults and containers is kind of an oxymoron.

Also the "secure" defaults don't matter much if you have to manually jump through hoops in sysctl and modprobe to get things to work. Infact I could even argue that this introduces the risk of having an insecure server by misconfiguration.




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