AAP playbooks fail with `ERRO[0000] running /usr/bin/newuidmap newuidmap: Target process $PID is owned by a different user`

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After rebooting, Ansible Automation Platform playbooks fail with: ERRO[0000] running /usr/bin/newuidmap 10882 0 37794 1 1 296608 65536: newuidmap: Target process 10882 is owned by a different user: uid:12345 pw_uid:12345 st_uid:12345, gid:121212 pw_gid:100 st_gid:121212
    Error: cannot set up namespace using "/usr/bin/newuidmap": exit status 1

Environment

  • Ansible Automation Platform 2.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • podman

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