Why podman command fails with error message "kernel does not support overlay fs: unable to create kernel-style whiteout: operation not permitted" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ?

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Issue

  • Why podman command fails with error message "kernel does not support overlay fs: unable to create kernel-style whiteout: operation not permitted" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ?
  • Why rootless users with NFS home directory are not able to execute podman command with podman-3.4.2-9.module+el8.5.0+13852+150547f7.x86_64 ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • podman-3.4.2-9.module+el8.5.0+13852+150547f7.x86_64
  • Users with NFS home directory
  • ~/.config/container/storage.conf does not include "mount_program"

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