podman command outputs error "ERRO[0000] Joining network namespace for container XXX: error retrieving network namespace at /tmp/podman-run-992/netns/netns-XXX: unknown FS magic on "/tmp/podman-run-992/netns/netns-XXX": 58465342

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When podman commands are executed by a non-root user (e.g., the awx user) during an Ansible job, the following errors may occur:

    • # podman ps outputs error "ERRO[0000] Joining network namespace for container XXX: error retrieving network namespace at /tmp/podman-run-992/netns/netns-YYY: unknown FS magic on "/tmp/podman-run-992/netns/netns-YYY": 58465342
    • # podman info outputs error "ERRO[0000] Joining network namespace for container XXX: error retrieving network namespace at /run/user/986/netns/netns-YYY: failed to Statfs "/run/user/986/netns/netns-YYY": no such file or directory"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2
  • podman

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