How to fix “dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied” when group permissions seem correct?

Question

I\'m suddenly having issues after an update of Ubuntu 18.04: previously I\'ve used docker without issue on the system, but suddenly I cannot. As far as I can tell, the permissio

Answer 1

I did the quick fix and it worked immediately.

sudo chmod 777 /var/run/docker.sock