XK0-006 Automation, Orchestration, and Scripting Practice Question
Which of the following is a key difference between Docker and Podman?
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Podman can run containers without root privileges.
Podman is daemonless and can run containers rootless, while Docker typically runs with a daemon and root privileges.
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Docker does not support container images.
Why it's wrong here
Docker is built around container images.
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Podman can run containers without root privileges.
Why this is correct
Podman supports rootless containers natively.
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Podman requires a daemon to run containers.
Why it's wrong here
Podman is daemonless.
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Docker can only run on Linux.
Why it's wrong here
Docker runs on multiple platforms.
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