Rootless podman no longer works if UID is used instead of username in /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid files

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • If a system has UID instead of usernames in the /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid files it will no longer map the subuid's to the appropriate user.

Environment

  • RHEL 8.x
  • Podman 4.x
  • Shadow-utils

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