[resolved] Dealing with docker-credential-desktop resolves to executable in current directory (./docker-credential-desktop)

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I am trying to setup a project on an M4 MacBook Pro, but I am running into the following error, when running docker-compose build :

[+] Building 0.9s (2/2) FINISHED                                                                                                                                                                                      
 => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile                                                                                                                                                             0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 1.86kB                                                                                                                                                                           0.0s
 => ERROR [internal] load metadata for docker.io/serversideup/php:7.4-fpm-nginx                                                                                                                                  0.9s
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 > [internal] load metadata for docker.io/serversideup/php:7.4-fpm-nginx:
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failed to solve: serversideup/php:7.4-fpm-nginx: failed to resolve source metadata for docker.io/serversideup/php:7.4-fpm-nginx: error getting credentials - err: docker-credential-desktop resolves to executable in current directory (./docker-credential-desktop), out: ``

I have looked at an older post on the topic, but the steps there aren’t helping.

What I have tried so far (restarting Docker Desktop in each case)::

  • removed the ~/.docker/bin/docker-credential-desktop file
    • same error
  • removing credsStore from ~/.docker/config.json
    • result: it ends up being restored with "credsStore": "desktop",
  • removing the ~/.docker/config.json`
    • result: the file gets recreated with the same config
  • removing the ~/.docker folder

At this point doing sudo find ~/-name "docker-credential-desktop" yields no docker-credential-desktop file.

Any ideas what else I could be trying?

Environment:

  • macOS 15.2, on 16" M4 MacBook Pro
  • Docker Desktop 4.38.0 (181591)
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I a bit more hunting lead me to another post, which solved my issue. Basically I edited the ~/.docker/config.json file, replacing it with the following configuration:

{
	"auths": {},
	"credsStore": "osxkeychain",
	"currentContext": "desktop-linux"
}

I am not sure why the desktop value is breaking for me, but using osxkeychain did work for me.

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