/var/lib/docker/aufs/mnt/HASH is not within /var/lib/docker/aufs/mnt/HASH

[rohitpaulk]

I have an installation of docker(1.0.1) on Ubuntu 13.04 and I'm seeing a weird error. I try building an image from a Dockerfile and get "/var/lib/docker/aufs/mnt/HASH is not within /var/lib/docker/aufs/mnt/HASH". I have no idea what this means, so I'm just pasting all the details here.

Here's the exact error:

Step 18 : RUN apt-get install -qy git
 ---> Running in 08bb96c43aba
2014/06/27 23:14:30 /var/lib/docker/aufs/mnt/08bb96c43abaf226f6d8ec6fb5554ea2d8f1a0896d24175427d0e78bffa6a628 is not within /var/lib/docker/aufs/mnt/08bb96c43abaf226f6d8ec6fb5554ea2d8f1a0896d24175427d0e78bffa6a628

Here's the output of docker ps -a

CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
08bb96c43aba        167c3f597fb9        /bin/sh -c 'apt-get    10 minutes ago                                              angry_heisenberg 

Output of uname -a

Linux PaulDell 3.8.0-35-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 01:24:59 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Output of docker version

Client version: 1.0.1
Client API version: 1.12
Go version (client): go1.2.1
Git commit (client): 990021a
Server version: 1.0.1
Server API version: 1.12
Go version (server): go1.2.1
Git commit (server): 990021a

Output of docker -D info

Containers: 1
Images: 36
Storage Driver: aufs
 Root Dir: /var/lib/docker/aufs
 Dirs: 39
Execution Driver: native-0.2
Kernel Version: 3.8.0-35-generic
Debug mode (server): false
Debug mode (client): true
Fds: 10
Goroutines: 10
EventsListeners: 0
Init Path: /usr/bin/docker
WARNING: No swap limit support

I've tried restarting the daemon, doesn't change a thing.

[tianon]

This is a duplicate of #6619 which was fixed by #6646. ;)

[rohitpaulk]

Oh okay. Thanks :)

[bean5]

I got this error today (year is 2015). It started happening after I ran a dist-upgrade in ubuntu on a dev box. I had to purge all of docker, uninstall, then reinstall :(. Seems to be working now :)