#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : "Cannot connect to the Docker daemon" # Fix : Grant socket access, understanding what it means # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-ctr-daemon # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 10 minutes # Risk : high # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # Permission denied. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # sudo gpasswd -d $USER docker removes the group membership. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " "Cannot connect to the Docker daemon"" echo " Grant socket access, understanding what it means" echo echo " Risk: high Reversible 10 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Confirm the socket and its ownership.' '' cmd 'ls -l /var/run/docker.sock' 'id'; then ls -l /var/run/docker.sock id if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 2 'Understand what adding a user to the docker group grants before doing it: it is equivalent to root. Anyone in that group can start a container that mounts the host filesystem and read or write anything on it.' 'This is presented everywhere as a convenience step and it is a privilege grant. On a shared or production machine it deserves a decision, not a reflex.' manual || true if step 3 'Where that is acceptable, add the user and start a new session.' '' cmd 'sudo usermod -aG docker $USER' 'newgrp docker' 'docker info | head -5'; then sudo usermod -aG docker $USER newgrp docker docker info | head -5 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Where it is not, use sudo for docker commands, or run rootless Docker, which gives the same convenience without host-level privilege.' '' cmd 'dockerd-rootless-setuptool.sh install' 'export DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/$(id -u)/docker.sock'; then dockerd-rootless-setuptool.sh install export DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/$(id -u)/docker.sock if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'For Podman, no daemon and no group are involved at all -- rootless is the default.' '' cmd 'podman info | head -5'; then podman info | head -5 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'docker ps works as the intended user.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then docker ps fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-ctr-daemon" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: sudo gpasswd -d $USER docker removes the group membership.' rule