Docker.sock: Connect: permission denied error

Week 1 ungraded lab error:

docker: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/containers/create": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied.

Solution

First run:

sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock
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Thanks for sharing the solution.