Why podman command fails with the error "Error: cannot set up namespace using "/usr/bin/newuidmap": exit status 1" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?

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Issue

  • Why podman command fails with the error "Error: cannot set up namespace using "/usr/bin/newuidmap": exit status 1" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?
[testadm@redhat.com ~]$ podman login registry.redhat.io
ERRO[0000] running `/usr/bin/newuidmap 34048 0 1503 1 1 165536 65536 65537 200000 65537`:
Error: cannot set up namespace using "/usr/bin/newuidmap": exit status 1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • podman

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