# UID/GID for singularity

**URL:** <https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uid-gid-for-singularity/4130>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Tags:** containers, docker\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uid-gid-for-singularity/4130 "2024-12-05T05:10:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sasmita](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sasmita](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/sasmita)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uid-gid-for-singularity/4130/1 "2024-12-05T05:10:10Z")

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I am trying to install Alphafold 3 on cluster, getting the following error:  
`$ docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name registry registry:2`

```auto
Emulate Docker CLI using podman. Create /etc/containers/nodocker to quiet msg.

ERRO[0000] running `/usr/bin/newuidmap 2274970 0 643019 1 1 1803936 65536`: newuidmap: write to uid_map failed: Operation not permitted

Error: cannot set up namespace using "/usr/bin/newuidmap": should have setuid or have filecaps setuid: exit status 1

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**Author:** ![sasmita](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sasmita](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/sasmita)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uid-gid-for-singularity/4130/2 "2024-12-05T05:14:19Z")

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1. Try to pull `alphafold3.sif` if using module apptrainer or singularity.
2. `singularity run --bind \<path/to/alphafold.sif\>

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**Author:** ![ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/ktrn/32/554_2.png) [@ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ktrn)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uid-gid-for-singularity/4130/3 "2025-02-13T16:01:37Z")

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Hi Sasmita,  
Thank you for posting your question and answer.!  
It looks like you found a solution to the error you posted previously. To make your posts useful for community, please provide more information about the steps you performed. For example, in your above answer, it is not clear, where someone would need to pull the alphafold3.sif file from. It also helps if you provide more comments/notes - you should not expect that everyone has system administrator - level knowledge.  
Thank you!