podman system connection clobbers /etc/containers/containers.conf

[edsantiago]

# cat containers/containers.conf
[engine]
# events_logger = "file"     <---- this is a comment, not a root prompt

# podman system connection add foo tcp://localhost:12345
# cat containers/containers.conf
[containers]

[engine]
  active_service = "foo"
  [engine.service_destinations]
    [engine.service_destinations.foo]
      uri = "tcp://localhost:12345"

[machine]
....more added stuff...

containers.conf(5) reads:

Container engines like Podman & Buildah read containers.conf file

read (emphasis mine). Nowhere does it say 'write'. As a system administrator, I object to tools modifying my files in /etc.

[vrothberg]

@rhatdan, something to brainstorm. Also see containers/common#1566.

[Luap99]

Lets close this in favor of containers/common#1515