Note Configuring sysctl is optional for most distributions. Old versions of Debian, Arch, and RHEL/CentOS are known to require reconfiguration of sysctl to enable User Namespaces. Debian GNU/Linux 10 Note These steps are not needed for Debian 11. These steps are also not needed for Ubuntu. Create /etc/sysctl.d/99-rootless.conf with the following content: kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1 Then run the following command to reload the new sysctl configuration: $ sudo sysctl --system Arch Linux ...