Merge pull request containers#8915 from rhatdan/remote

Improve error message when the the podman service is not enabled
giuseppe · Jan 10, 2021 · 41613bd · 41613bd
2 parents bc0fa65 + ea68f17
commit 41613bd
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diff --git a/cmd/podman/root.go b/cmd/podman/root.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func persistentPreRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	// Prep the engines
 	if _, err := registry.NewImageEngine(cmd, args); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot connect to the Podman socket, make sure there is a Podman REST API service running.")
 	}
 	if _, err := registry.NewContainerEngine(cmd, args); err != nil {
 		return err