From e4f35dd4cf81a7f2d19a61cc8b1084c3adcc5253 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Crosby Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:02:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for docker group --- docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst b/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst index 9113d8e155..aa11ba50a2 100644 --- a/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst +++ b/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api.rst @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Docker Remote API - The Remote API is replacing rcli - By default the Docker daemon listens on unix:///var/run/docker.sock and the client must have root access to interact with the daemon +- If a group named *docker* exists on your system, docker will apply ownership of the socket to the group - The API tends to be REST, but for some complex commands, like attach or pull, the HTTP connection is hijacked to transport stdout stdin and stderr