Update to 2.4.0.0: docker login from WSL2 distro fails with .../docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument #9061

Him90 · 2020-10-15T10:09:50Z

I have tried with the latest version of my channel (Stable or Edge)
I have uploaded Diagnostics
Diagnostics ID: D277A93A-1E25-4716-AE7A-56BBB29CD950/20201015094317

Expected behavior

Docker login, docker-compose work as before

Actual behavior

Docker login, docker-compose fail from WSL2 distro

Information

Windows Version: 19041
Docker Desktop Version: 2.4.0.0
Are you running inside a virtualized Windows e.g. on a cloud server or on a mac VM: No

Steps to reproduce the behavior

(from powsershell)

docker login -> works
relogin works with existing credentials

(from wsl2 distro)

docker login -> fails
/c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument
Error saving credentials: error storing credentials - err: exit status 1, out: `
docker-compose up (only hello-world as service) -> fails

/c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "docker/credentials/store.py", line 80, in _execute
File "subprocess.py", line 411, in check_output
File "subprocess.py", line 512, in run
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe', 'get']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "docker/auth.py", line 264, in _resolve_authconfig_credstore
File "docker/credentials/store.py", line 35, in get
File "docker/credentials/store.py", line 93, in _execute
docker.credentials.errors.StoreError: Credentials store docker-credential-desktop.exe exited with "".

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bin/docker-compose", line 3, in
File "compose/cli/main.py", line 67, in main
File "compose/cli/main.py", line 126, in perform_command
File "compose/cli/main.py", line 1070, in up
File "compose/cli/main.py", line 1066, in up
File "compose/project.py", line 615, in up
File "compose/service.py", line 356, in ensure_image_exists
File "compose/service.py", line 1267, in pull
File "compose/progress_stream.py", line 99, in get_digest_from_pull
File "compose/service.py", line 1234, in _do_pull
File "docker/api/image.py", line 396, in pull
File "docker/auth.py", line 48, in get_config_header
File "docker/auth.py", line 324, in resolve_authconfig
File "docker/auth.py", line 235, in resolve_authconfig
File "docker/auth.py", line 281, in _resolve_authconfig_credstore
docker.errors.DockerException: Credentials store error: StoreError('Credentials store docker-credential-desktop.exe exited with "".')
[3279] Failed to execute script docker-compose

docker run hello-world -> pulls latest but with warning
/c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument

coverrt · 2020-11-05T14:20:58Z

I have this issue as well.

Docker Desktop Version: 2.4.2.0 (48975)

I was able to get it to work by setting appendWindowsPath = true in /etc/wsl.conf.

[automount]
enabled = true

[interop]
appendWindowsPath = true

This could be related to #9278 as well. I was able to set appendWindowsPath = false after I disabled the build kit feature.

{
  "registry-mirrors": [],
  "insecure-registries": [],
  "debug": false,
  "experimental": true,
  "features": {
    "buildkit": false
  }
}

duboiss · 2020-11-14T18:04:18Z

For me, have this in my ~/.docker/config.json fixed docker-credentials errors.

{
  "_credSstore": "desktop",
  "experimental": "enabled"
}

Note the underscore, without the underscore I can't docker build ("docker-credential-desktop": executable file not found in $PATH).
If I remove the underscore, it only fixes docker-compose, not docker build.

Warning, the file seems to update itself... (after docker update ? wsl --shutdown ?)

No related to my /etc/wsl.conf configuration where I have disable some options...

[interop]
enabled=false # enable launch of Windows binaries; default is true
appendWindowsPath=false # append Windows path to $PATH variable; default is true

The login is ok!

Original post: #6652 (comment)

But is not normal to have to change this config.json manually...

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rlabrecque · 2021-02-26T06:40:54Z

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Just ran into this on a coworkers machine. Latest docker for win, latest version of windows, WSL2.

[automount]
enabled = true

[interop]
appendWindowsPath = true

in /etc/wsl2 fixed it for us as well.

thgeorgiou · 2021-03-26T10:18:03Z

Anyone knows which executables from the Windows-side are necessary for authentication to work? Enabling appendWindowsPath causes tab-completion on the shell to be very slow but adding some specific folder Docker needs would be no problem.

I tried adding

C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin
C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop\version-bin

unfortunately without success.

EDIT: Adding these directories to path actually did the trick, Docker authenticates using the credentials from Windows without having to use appendWindowsPath. Add the following to your profile:

export PATH="/mnt/c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin:/mnt/c/ProgramData/DockerDesktop/version-bin:$PATH"

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rlabrecque · 2021-09-22T03:47:44Z

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Remains an issue

jasonharris438 · 2021-10-11T07:17:35Z

For me, have this in my ~/.docker/config.json fixed docker-credentials errors.
{
  "_credSstore": "desktop",
  "experimental": "enabled"
}
Note the underscore, without the underscore I can't docker build ("docker-credential-desktop": executable file not found in $PATH). If I remove the underscore, it only fixes docker-compose, not docker build.

Warning, the file seems to update itself... (after docker update ? wsl --shutdown ?)

No related to my /etc/wsl.conf configuration where I have disable some options...
[interop]
enabled=false # enable launch of Windows binaries; default is true
appendWindowsPath=false # append Windows path to $PATH variable; default is true
The login is ok!

Original post (I didn't need a symbolic link): #6652 (comment)

But is not normal to have to change this config.json manually...

This just worked for me, but remains to be seen how sustainable it is. Would like a proper fix at some point though.. the perils of using windows 🤒

olivierchatry · 2021-10-15T11:21:34Z

Same issue, since I installed Windows 11, I have:

> docker login
/usr/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument

thaylongs · 2021-10-15T18:44:42Z

Same issue, since I installed Windows 11, I have:
> docker login
/usr/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument

Hi @olivierchatry, try to remove the file: $HOME/.docker/config.json, it worked for me.

-> Make sure that you backup the file first....

olivierchatry · 2021-10-16T12:53:48Z

@thaylongs thanks ! but it did not help. Just running the command give me the same results :

Tried unstalling and resintalling, still the same error.

Update, running it in a normal window shell does not give me any error :

So it is really about wsl.

olivierchatry · 2021-10-17T14:59:20Z

Turning off buildkit ( "buildkit": false in json config ) made it work. Would be great if this can be fixed.

olivierchatry · 2021-10-17T17:47:49Z

So, turn out, I installed WSl using the new app store from windows 11, and this seems to not work correctly with docker desktop. Uninstalled it ( it work alongside the normal "add remove feature" way of installing ), and then everything working find and dandy.

bwmeier · 2021-12-14T18:48:34Z

I was able to get it to work via changing the symlink for docker-credential-desktop.exe in the wsl /usr/bin:

sudo ln -sf /mnt/c/Program\ Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe /usr/bin

The existing symlink pointed to a different executable that was broken:

/usr/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe -> /mnt/wsl/docker-desktop/cli-tools/usr/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe

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pys-arhs · 2022-04-05T10:54:12Z

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Still an issue.

tlgDJPorv · 2022-05-11T11:06:34Z

I am getting a similar error message when doing docker pull from WSL.
My IT org has enabled AppLocker on Windows, and it is blocking /usr/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe.

WSL2

$ docker pull ubuntu
Using default tag: latest
/usr/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument
latest: Pulling from library/ubuntu
Digest: sha256:26c68657ccce2cb0a31b330cb0be2b5e108d467f641c62e13ab40cbec258c68d
Status: Image is up to date for ubuntu:latest
docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest

Windows Powershell

Get-WinEvent 'Microsoft-Windows-AppLocker/*' -MaxEvents 100000 | Where LevelDisplayName -eq 'Error' | Format-Table -Wrap

   ProviderName: Microsoft-Windows-AppLocker

TimeCreated                     Id LevelDisplayName Message
-----------                     -- ---------------- -------
11-05-2022 12:53:36           8004 Error            \\WSL$\UBUNTU\MNT\WSL\DOCKER-DESKTOP\CLI-TOOLS\USR\BIN\DOCKER-CREDENTIAL-DESKTOP.EXE was prevented from running.
11-05-2022 12:45:17           8004 Error            \\WSL$\UBUNTU\MNT\WSL\DOCKER-DESKTOP\CLI-TOOLS\USR\BIN\DOCKER-CREDENTIAL-DESKTOP.EXE was prevented from running.
11-05-2022 11:03:33           8004 Error            \\WSL$\UBUNTU\MNT\WSL\DOCKER-DESKTOP\CLI-TOOLS\USR\BIN\DOCKER-CREDENTIAL-DESKTOP.EXE was prevented from running.

PetrMc · 2022-07-21T19:31:11Z

this solved my problem - https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-credential-desktop-exe-executable-file-not-found-in-path-using-wsl2/100225/5

Solution:
In ~/.docker/config.json change credsStore to credStore

sliekens · 2022-07-22T11:24:49Z

this solved my problem - https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-credential-desktop-exe-executable-file-not-found-in-path-using-wsl2/100225/5
Solution:
In ~/.docker/config.json change credsStore to credStore

It's not a solution. It only appears to work because "credStore" is not a valid config key so it is ignored, docker defaults to not using a store (i.e. store credentials in plaintext). If you check the contents of your ~/.docker/config.json again, you will find your password in readable text.

The number of people who implemented this "fix" is worrisome.

update
You can instead use @bwmeier's workaround

But in my experience this symlink gets destroyed after every reboot, and recreating it can't be automated because the command requires root. There is a variation on this that does not require root: add the cli tools to your PATH.

PATH="/mnt/c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin":$PATH

You can put this in your ~/.profile file to make it survive reboots.

puellanivis · 2022-07-28T15:41:20Z

Hm… I just randomly started hitting this as well, but it’s not just docker-credential-desktop.exe it seems all of my windows executables are dying with Invalid argument.

$ /mnt/c/Windows/System32/findstr.exe
/mnt/c/Windows/System32/findstr.exe: Invalid argument

puellanivis · 2022-07-28T15:55:33Z

FYI came across this: microsoft/WSL#6170 seems a common problem with docker at times, but sometimes also git? 🤷‍♀️

JustusNBB · 2022-09-23T12:59:07Z

I just ran into this after onboarding to another project and switching IDEs. For some reason VSCode sets up the PS into WSL env without this issue, while I have to try workarounds posted here, to get it to work within IntelliJ!

rmoreas · 2022-10-02T16:51:35Z

I am getting a similar error message when doing docker pull from WSL. My IT org has enabled AppLocker on Windows, and it is blocking /usr/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe.

WSL2

$ docker pull ubuntu
Using default tag: latest
/usr/bin/docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument
latest: Pulling from library/ubuntu
Digest: sha256:26c68657ccce2cb0a31b330cb0be2b5e108d467f641c62e13ab40cbec258c68d
Status: Image is up to date for ubuntu:latest
docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest

Windows Powershell

Get-WinEvent 'Microsoft-Windows-AppLocker/*' -MaxEvents 100000 | Where LevelDisplayName -eq 'Error' | Format-Table -Wrap

   ProviderName: Microsoft-Windows-AppLocker

TimeCreated                     Id LevelDisplayName Message
-----------                     -- ---------------- -------
11-05-2022 12:53:36           8004 Error            \\WSL$\UBUNTU\MNT\WSL\DOCKER-DESKTOP\CLI-TOOLS\USR\BIN\DOCKER-CREDENTIAL-DESKTOP.EXE was prevented from running.
11-05-2022 12:45:17           8004 Error            \\WSL$\UBUNTU\MNT\WSL\DOCKER-DESKTOP\CLI-TOOLS\USR\BIN\DOCKER-CREDENTIAL-DESKTOP.EXE was prevented from running.
11-05-2022 11:03:33           8004 Error            \\WSL$\UBUNTU\MNT\WSL\DOCKER-DESKTOP\CLI-TOOLS\USR\BIN\DOCKER-CREDENTIAL-DESKTOP.EXE was prevented from running.

@tlgDJPorv thanks for sharing. AppLocker was also the problem in our case!

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masoud-maghsoudi · 2023-01-17T17:36:17Z

Windows 11, Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.1105)
Ubuntu 22.04 under WSL2
Docker version 20.10.22, build 3a2c30b

I am still having this issue

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ltorres6 · 2023-04-18T16:36:04Z

Having this same issue.
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parzydlo · 2023-05-11T08:27:31Z

@sliekens's suggestion finally fixed the problem for me where all previously mentioned fixes failed

mtjrider · 2023-11-06T21:32:47Z

I am not sure if this helps anyone, but none of the recommended fixes or workarounds solved this issue for me.
I am on Windows 11 using Docker Desktop 4.25.0 with the following version printed from Ubuntu WSL.

$ docker --version
Docker version 24.0.6, build ed223bc

To fix the invalid argument error, I did the following:

Opened Docker Desktop
Navigated to Settings (upper right cog wheel)
Under the Resources menu, select WSL Integration
Check Enable integration with my default WSL distro and Ubuntu
Shutdown WSL at the command-line with wsl --shutdown
Quit Docker Desktop

After restarting Docker Desktop and the WSL distribution, the credential-store errors vanished. See the image below for what my configuration looks like in the Docker Desktop GUI.

It seems odd to me that I would have to explicitly enable Ubuntu when the default WSL distro was enabled.

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Update to 2.4.0.0: docker login from WSL2 distro fails with .../docker-credential-desktop.exe: Invalid argument #9061

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