How do I add env variable to containers.conf? #14309
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I am trying to make tmp_dir = "/var/tmp/$USER" but it takes it as a literal string. |
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Using other environment variables in an environment variable won't work with containers.conf - it's the shell that's expanding those, so if Podman is managing the environment variable directly through containers.conf no expansion will happen. |
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I made a workaround by just editing the conf inside the user directory for each user I make. Still it seems unnecessary when I feel as though editing one file should be enough |
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We currently do interpret environment variables for certain fields. No reason not for this one, but does Podman pay attention to this in rootless mode? |
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Yes in rootless podman will look here: /usr/share/containers/containers.conf first and then look to the one inside the user directory. There is a third place as well it can look. |
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Sure, but the path specified in tmp_dir for /usr/share/containers/containers.conf and /etc/containers/containers.conf might not be writable by rootless users. |
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Using other environment variables in an environment variable won't work with containers.conf - it's the shell that's expanding those, so if Podman is managing the environment variable directly through containers.conf no expansion will happen.