Public bug reported:
Hi,
podman comes with four systemd units to auto-update:
/lib/systemd/system/podman-auto-update.service
/lib/systemd/system/podman-auto-update.timer
do it for the root user, and
/lib/systemd/user/podman-auto-update.service
/lib/systemd/user/podman-auto-update.timer
do it for regular users, who need to enable it with systemctl --user ...
but neither works for system users (uid<1000).
Podman recommends to use rootless containers rather than rootful whereever
possible to improve security.
But when creating a system user to run containers, podman does not come
with a usable update.service and update.timer.
Of course, it isn't difficult to write one myself, but actually it
should additionally come with the package as template files with
User=%i
to template the service for system users.
regards
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: podman 4.9.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-87.88-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-87-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CloudBuildName: server
CloudSerial: 20250805
Date: Sun Nov 16 03:00:19 2025
SourcePackage: libpod
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: libpod (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cloud-image noble
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no podman-auto-update service for system users
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