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I know I need admin rights to install Docker Desktop; but do I have to be an admin to run it? The documentation doesn't say that I do, and Googling doesn't suggest that either; but if I try to run it as a non-privileged user, the process is killed instantly and I get an event-log entry saying "Process requires elevated rights to run."
I'm running Windows 10 Enterprise in a corporate environment and we have non-privileged accounts. Is Docker Desktop not available in this situation or have I just installed it incorrectly somehow?
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Rootless Docker in Docker To run Rootless Docker inside “rootful” Docker, use the docker:<version>-dind-rootless image instead of docker:<version>-dind . The docker:<version>-dind-rootless image runs as a non-root user (UID 1000).
You can also run docker-compose up as per normal but without needing Docker Desktop.
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As of Docker Desktop 2.4 (possibly earlier, I haven't tested) this is supported. From the Windows installation instructions:
If your admin account is different to your user account, you must add the user to the docker-users group. Run Computer Management as an administrator and navigate to Local Users and Groups > Groups > docker-users. Right-click to add the user to the group. Log out and log back in for the changes to take effect.
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