Docker for mac daemon only accessible by root

[charlesporter]

Expected behavior

to be able to run docker as regular user

Actual behavior

need to run as root to avoid ‘Cannot Connect to Docker daemon’ etc error

Information

• the output of:
  • pinata diagnose -u on OSX
    f45c89ad2fc9:docker xmf453$ pinata diagnose -u
    Error exec: /usr/bin/curl -L -X PUT -T ‘/tmp/20160521-200115.tar.gz’ -H ‘Host: docker-pinata-support’ -H ‘Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 20:01:19 EDT’ -H ‘x-amz-acl: bucket-owner-full-control’ -H ‘Content-type: application/json’ https://docker-pinata-support.s3.amazonaws.com/incoming/2/C187BCEB-6CD6-4320-A92A-228C30D5BB26/20160521-200115/report.tar: exit 5
    diagnose: internal error, uncaught exception:
    Misc.Failure

-bash: OS: command not found

• a reproducible case if this is a bug, Dockerfiles FTW

• host distribution and version ( OSX 10.10.x, OSX 10.11.x, Windows, etc )
  OSX 10.11.4 El Capitan macbook pro, mid 2015, 16gb

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. …download Docker.dmg
2. …open dmg
   3… drag Docker.app to /Applications
   4… open terminal
   5… run docker ps
   6… see error

Work-around:

1. sudo bash
2. run docker ps
3. no error

[igerges]

I had this same issue, noticed it was being caused by some old boot2docker stuff in my profile that was changing DOCKER_HOST.

-[[ -d $HOME/.boot2docker ]] && export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2375

Removing that resolved my issue. Hope this helps.

[charlesporter]

I thought I had checked that but your message pompted me to check again.
That solved it.
Thanks!