diff --git a/scripts/docker/type_switcher/swap_docker_type.sh b/scripts/docker/type_switcher/swap_docker_type.sh
index 2a9ed13..d34d654 100755
--- a/scripts/docker/type_switcher/swap_docker_type.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker/type_switcher/swap_docker_type.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ dockerSwitcherSwap()
     if [[ $CFG_DOCKER_INSTALL_TYPE != $docker_type ]]; then
         isHeader "Docker Root/Rootless Switcher"
 
+        # Switching modes re-maps container UIDs (rootless shifts them by the
+        # subuid base), so a stateful app's existing data won't line up in the
+        # new mode. LibrePortal's own control plane is reconciled automatically
+        # (reconcileDockerOwnership), but app data is not touched — the safe way
+        # to carry stateful apps across is backup-before / restore-after.
+        isNotice "Switching Docker mode re-maps container ownership. Back up any stateful apps (databases etc.) BEFORE switching and restore them AFTER — app data is intentionally left untouched here."
+
         if [[ $CFG_DOCKER_INSTALL_TYPE == "rooted" ]]; then
             if [[ $flag != "cli" ]]; then
                 isNotice "The current Docker Setup Type is currently : ${RED}$docker_type${NC}"
@@ -53,6 +60,7 @@ dockerSwitcherSwap()
                     fi
                     dockerServiceStart root;
                     dockerSwitcherUpdateContainersToDockerType;
+                    reconcileDockerOwnership "$CFG_DOCKER_INSTALL_TYPE";
                     dockerStartAllApps;
                     databaseOptionInsert "docker_type" $CFG_DOCKER_INSTALL_TYPE;
                 fi
@@ -84,6 +92,7 @@ dockerSwitcherSwap()
                 fi
                 dockerServiceStart rootless;
                 dockerSwitcherUpdateContainersToDockerType;
+                reconcileDockerOwnership "$CFG_DOCKER_INSTALL_TYPE";
                 dockerStartAllApps;
                 databaseOptionInsert "docker_type" $CFG_DOCKER_INSTALL_TYPE;
             fi
diff --git a/scripts/function/permission/libreportal_folders.sh b/scripts/function/permission/libreportal_folders.sh
index 800d597..64d4a5a 100755
--- a/scripts/function/permission/libreportal_folders.sh
+++ b/scripts/function/permission/libreportal_folders.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,49 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Reconcile ONLY the LibrePortal control plane ownership for the current Docker
+# mode, so the CLI and the de-sudo helpers (runFileOp/runInstallOp) keep working
+# after a rooted<->rootless switch:
+#   rooted   -> root:root        (CLI operates via sudo)
+#   rootless -> $sudo_user_name  (the manager/runtime user owns its own files)
+#
+# Scope is DELIBERATELY narrow — the de-sudo-critical, LibrePortal-owned files
+# only: configs/, logs/, install scripts, the apps DB, and the /docker top level
+# (kept o+x so the docker user can still traverse to its container dirs).
+#
+# It does NOT touch /docker/containers/** (per-app data, written by per-app
+# container UIDs — uid-mapped through subuids in rootless), nor backups/ (owned
+# by the backup-engine user), nor ssl/ssh (key material). A blanket chown there
+# would break permission-strict apps (Postgres/MySQL refuse a wrong-owned data
+# dir; Grafana/Nextcloud run as fixed UIDs) AND can't survive the rootless
+# subuid offset anyway. Moving a stateful app across modes is a backup->switch
+# ->restore operation, not a chown. Must run as ROOT, apps stopped. Idempotent.
+reconcileDockerOwnership()
+{
+    local mode="${1:-$CFG_DOCKER_INSTALL_TYPE}"
+    [[ -d "$docker_dir" ]] || return 0
+
+    local owner="root"
+    [[ "$mode" == "rootless" ]] && owner="$sudo_user_name"
+
+    # Swap ONLY the owner on our own control-plane files; never reset mode bits
+    # (so nothing that validates its permissions gets surprised). The only two
+    # bits we *add* (never remove) are structural and on our own dirs, not app
+    # files: o+x on /docker so the docker user can still traverse to its
+    # container dirs, and o+r on the DB so the WebUI container can read it.
+    runSystem chown "$owner:$owner" "$docker_dir"
+    runSystem chmod o+x "$docker_dir"
+
+    # LibrePortal-owned control plane (NOT containers/ backups/ ssl/ ssh) — owner
+    # only, modes preserved.
+    local p
+    for p in "$configs_dir" "$logs_dir" "$script_dir" "$docker_dir/$db_file"; do
+        [[ -e "$p" ]] && runSystem chown -R "$owner:$owner" "$p"
+    done
+    [[ -f "$docker_dir/$db_file" ]] && runSystem chmod o+r "$docker_dir/$db_file"
+
+    isSuccessful "Reconciled LibrePortal control-plane ownership for $mode ($owner)"
+}
+
 fixFolderPermissions()
 {
     local silent_flag="$1"