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Error from server (Forbidden): pods is forbidden: User \"system:anonymous\" cannot list resource \"pods\" in API group \"\" in the namespace \"default\"

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Question 30 Aug 2022

Problem

User tries to use different user other then kubernetes-admin and gets the following error

Error from server (Forbidden): pods is forbidden: User "system:anonymous" cannot list resource "pods" in API group "" in the namespace "default"

Solution

Switch context / namespace and set default namespace you have permissions

kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=<MYNAMESPACE>

Check the configured namespace

kubectl config view | grep -i namespace

Attachment: commands.txt

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