How to fix “dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied” when group permissions seem correct?
I'm suddenly having issues after an update of Ubuntu 18.04: previously I've used docker without issue on the system, but suddenly I cannot. As far as I can tell, the permissions look correct: $ docker run hello-world docker: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.35/containers/create: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied. See 'docker run --help'. $ ls -last /var/run/docker.sock 0 srw-rw---- 1 root docker 0 Jul 14 09:10 /var/run/docker.sock $ whoami brandon $ cat