Is adding user to docker group still needed on macOS?

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I just installed Docker Desktop (version 2.3.0.3) on macOS.
The Devilbox documentation states:

Docker for Mac requires super user privileges which is granted to a system wide group called docker . After having installed Docker on your system, ensure that your local user is a member of the docker group.

After checking I saw there is no docker user group on my system. Is something wrong or is adding my user account to the docker group no longer needed?

Thanks!

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Are you able to startup the stack as a normal user?

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Yes, all runs without a problem. Tested on 2 different Macs, both running macOS Catalina.

4

If you type id on the command line, do you see any non-default groups assigned to your user?

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I see a lot of groups, but no docker groups.

> id
uid=501(xxxx) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),79(_appserverusr),80(admin),81(_appserveradm),98(_lpadmin),33(_appstore),100(_lpoperator),204(_developer),250(_analyticsusers),395(com.apple.access_ftp),398(com.apple.access_screensharing),399(com.apple.access_ssh),400(com.apple.access_remote_ae),701(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1)
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I did a quick search on google and If I am not mistaken, it should suffice to be part of the staff group now. Not sure when this changed. @renekreijveld on MacOS are you always automatically a member of the staff group or do you need to assign that explicitly?

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No, a macOS user is always by default member of the staff group.