# Permission Denial Message

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/permission-denial-message/6200>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 10, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/permission-denial-message/6200 "2016-02-10T19:21:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![hal2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@hal2000](https://forums.docker.com/u/hal2000)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/permission-denial-message/6200/1 "2016-02-10T19:21:25Z")

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What is the source of the permission denial message?

=\>Read command lines:  
sudo docker ps  
sudo ls /var/lib/docker/  
sudo ls /var/lib/docker/volumes  
sudo ls /var/lib/docker/vfs/dir

docker run -v /var/lib/mysql --name=my\_datastore -d busybox echo 'My Datastore’  
docker run -v /var/lib/html --name=my\_datastore -d busybox echo ‘My Datastore’

docker ps -a

docker inspect my\_datastore |less

sudo ls

docker run --name my\_mysql -e MYSQL\_ROT\_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword --volume-from my\_datastore -d mysql

docker ps

docker inspect my\_sql |less

\<mysql port 3306\>

docker run --link=my\_mysql:mysql -p 80:80 -d wordpress

docker ps

=\>Error message from Putty Log:

WARNING: No limit swap support  
WPUser@WPMeetup:~$ docker ps -a  
FATA[0000] Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.18/containers/json?all=1: dial Unix /var/run/docker.sock: permission denied. Are you trying to connect to a TLS-enabled daemon without TLS?  
WPUser@WPMeetup:~$