diff --git a/scripts/function/file/create_touch.sh b/scripts/function/file/create_touch.sh
index 3537162..45f32d0 100755
--- a/scripts/function/file/create_touch.sh
+++ b/scripts/function/file/create_touch.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,36 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Create an empty file with the correct owner FOR ITS LOCATION.
+#   under /docker/containers/<app>/  -> app data, owned by the docker install
+#                                       user -> create via runFileOp.
+#   anywhere else                    -> manager control plane -> runInstallOp
+#                                       (the current/manager user).
+# Creating the file directly as the right owner avoids chown-to-another-user,
+# which needs real root and isn't available to the unprivileged runtime.
+# $2 (user_name) is kept for call-site compatibility but is now advisory — the
+# path decides the owner, so a stale hint (e.g. passing the manager user for a
+# file that lives under containers/) no longer lands the file with the wrong
+# owner. Parent dirs are created with the same owner.
 createTouch()
 {
     local file="$1"
-    local user_name="$2"
+    local user_name="$2"   # advisory; location determines the real owner
     local silent_flag="$3"
-    local file_name=$(basename "$file")
-    local file_dir=$(dirname "$file")
-    local clean_dir=$(echo "$file" | sed 's#//*#/#g')
+    local clean_file=$(echo "$file" | sed 's#//*#/#g')
+    local file_name=$(basename "$clean_file")
+    local file_dir=$(dirname "$clean_file")
+
+    local op="runInstallOp"
+    if [[ "$clean_file" == "$containers_dir"* || "$clean_file" == /docker/containers/* ]]; then
+        op="runFileOp"
+    fi
 
     if [ "$silent_flag" == "silent" ]; then
-        runFileOp touch "$clean_dir"
-        runFileOp chown $user_name:$user_name "$file"
+        $op mkdir -p "$file_dir" 2>/dev/null
+        $op touch "$clean_file"
     else
-        local result=$(runFileOp touch "$clean_dir")
+        local result=$($op mkdir -p "$file_dir")
+        local result=$($op touch "$clean_file")
         checkSuccess "Touching $file_name"
-
-        local result=$(runFileOp chown $user_name:$user_name "$file")
-        checkSuccess "Updating $file_name with $user_name ownership"
     fi
 }