Inside tmux, docker commands won't work without sudo

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I am trying to run docker without sudo on ubuntu 16.04. I followed the Linux post-installation instructions on the docker website:

sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

I rebooted and then ran

docker ps

this error still appears:

Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.37/containers/json: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

the weird thing is if i ssh from my machine to itself the command is executed correctly. when i run the command from tty it also works correctly.

edit:

output of ls -lah /var/run/docker.sock:

srw-rw---- 1 root docker 0 Aug  9 11:22 /var/run/docker.sock

output of id:

uid=1000(uname) gid=1000(uname) groups=1000(uname),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),46(plugdev),113(lpadmin),128(sambashare),999(docker)

what could have gone wrong? thanks for the help!

Can you include in the post the output of 'ls -lah /var/run/docker.sock' ? — Neekoy
– Neekoy, Commented Aug 9, 2018 at 11:51
The docker socket is alright. Can you also run 'id' and paste the output? — Neekoy
– Neekoy, Commented Aug 9, 2018 at 12:30
Can you run groups command and see if docker is in the list? — byrnedo
– byrnedo, Commented Aug 9, 2018 at 13:06

unameuname · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-02 11:21:45Z

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So apparently the problem was the tmux shell.

The problem occurs when an account is added to the docker group, while still having at least one tmux session open. closing all tmux sessions solves the problem [the group accounts will now be updated in the next session].

solution:

kill tmux:

pkill -f tmux

open tmux and test docker:

docker run hello-world

now it works fine

answered Sep 2, 2018 at 11:21

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kunal · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-09 12:04:44Z

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If you initially ran Docker CLI commands using sudo before adding your user to the docker group you may get this error the you need to remove the ~/.docker/ directory (it is recreated automatically, but any custom settings are lost), or change its ownership and permissions using the following commands:

$ sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" /home/"$USER"/.docker -R
$ sudo chmod g+rwx "/home/$USER/.docker" -R

answered Aug 9, 2018 at 12:04

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unameuname Over a year ago

~/.docker/ does not exist in my filesystem

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