/var/run/docker.sock

 /var/run/

docker ps
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get 
http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.40/containers/json: dial 
unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

Solution: sudo docker ps

minikube start
😄  minikube v1.25.2 on Darwin 12.5.1 (arm64)
✨  Using the docker driver based on existing profile

💣  Exiting due to PROVIDER_DOCKER_VERSION_EXIT_1: "docker version --format -" exit status 1: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at 
unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/version": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
📘  Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/

Related terms

• docker ps
• Docker context ls‎‎
• Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
• /var/run/crio/crio.sock
• Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
• unix:///var/run/docker.sock

See also

• Docker: dockerd, docker (command), dockerd-ce (dockerd), docker-proxy, Docker Kubernetes Service (DKS), /var/lib/docker/, /var/run/docker.sock, 9323