Improve error message when the the podman service is not enabled

Currently if server is not connected, we return an error message that is confusing users on Mac and Windows boxes. The hope here is to make it a little easier to discover that a Podman service is required. This message is similar to what Docker puts out so people might under stand it better. Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <[email protected]>
giuseppe · Jan 9, 2021 · ea68f17 · ea68f17
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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