Standard_init_linux.go:187: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"

Hello,

I am fairly new to docker, so forgive me for making any stupid mistakes :slight_smile:

Currently I am setting up some docker containers. For automated builds i require a custom MySQL-image that executes a create-script when a container is created.

Sadly, im only halfway and stuck already.

Pulling and running the official MySQL image and creating containers out of it works fine. So i went to get the sourcecode and packed it in a .tar file. I sent this file to my linux(Centos7) server and created an image out of it, this works fine.

But, this is where the problem occurs

When i create a container out of this image in the same way as the pulled MySQL-image, it demands me to specify a command.

docker run --name custommysql1 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password-d custommysql
docker: Error response from daemon: No command specified.

After some research, it seems that some metadata is lost on importing and exporting. So i need to specify a run command like this (correct me if im wrong)

docker run --name custommysql1 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password-d custommysql /docker-entrypoint.sh
45c52f3ca65faf2661fec8277cd065378ab5dc8cf6ee4453b3bd56931a378904

So, the container is created. But, it stops immediately. The docker ps -a command shows me that the container exits instantly.

docker logs {containerID} its showing me the following message

standard_init_linux.go:187: exec user process caused no such file or directory

So basically, this is the only error-message that i’ve got. I have tried to specify other commands like /bin/bash but it does not make a difference.

The .tar exists out of these files:
image

docker-entrypoint

#!/bin/bash
set -eo pipefail
shopt -s nullglob

# if command starts with an option, prepend mysqld
if [ "${1:0:1}" = '-' ]; then
	set -- mysqld "$@"
fi

# skip setup if they want an option that stops mysqld
wantHelp=
for arg; do
	case "$arg" in
		-'?'|--help|--print-defaults|-V|--version)
			wantHelp=1
			break
			;;
	esac
done

# usage: file_env VAR [DEFAULT]
#    ie: file_env 'XYZ_DB_PASSWORD' 'example'
# (will allow for "$XYZ_DB_PASSWORD_FILE" to fill in the value of
#  "$XYZ_DB_PASSWORD" from a file, especially for Docker's secrets feature)
file_env() {
	local var="$1"
	local fileVar="${var}_FILE"
	local def="${2:-}"
	if [ "${!var:-}" ] && [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
		echo >&2 "error: both $var and $fileVar are set (but are exclusive)"
		exit 1
	fi
	local val="$def"
	if [ "${!var:-}" ]; then
		val="${!var}"
	elif [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
		val="$(< "${!fileVar}")"
	fi
	export "$var"="$val"
	unset "$fileVar"
}

_check_config() {
	toRun=( "$@" --verbose --help )
	if ! errors="$("${toRun[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/null)"; then
		cat >&2 <<-EOM

			ERROR: mysqld failed while attempting to check config
			command was: "${toRun[*]}"

			$errors
		EOM
		exit 1
	fi
}

# Fetch value from server config
# We use mysqld --verbose --help instead of my_print_defaults because the
# latter only show values present in config files, and not server defaults
_get_config() {
	local conf="$1"; shift
	"$@" --verbose --help --log-bin-index="$(mktemp -u)" 2>/dev/null | awk '$1 == "'"$conf"'" { print $2; exit }'
}

# allow the container to be started with `--user`
if [ "$1" = 'mysqld' -a -z "$wantHelp" -a "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
	_check_config "$@"
	DATADIR="$(_get_config 'datadir' "$@")"
	mkdir -p "$DATADIR"
	chown -R mysql:mysql "$DATADIR"
	exec gosu mysql "$BASH_SOURCE" "$@"
fi

if [ "$1" = 'mysqld' -a -z "$wantHelp" ]; then
	# still need to check config, container may have started with --user
	_check_config "$@"
	# Get config
	DATADIR="$(_get_config 'datadir' "$@")"

	if [ ! -d "$DATADIR/mysql" ]; then
		file_env 'MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD'
		if [ -z "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -a -z "$MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD" -a -z "$MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
			echo >&2 'error: database is uninitialized and password option is not specified '
			echo >&2 '  You need to specify one of MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD, MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD and MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD'
			exit 1
		fi

		mkdir -p "$DATADIR"

		echo 'Initializing database'
		"$@" --initialize-insecure
		echo 'Database initialized'

		if command -v mysql_ssl_rsa_setup > /dev/null && [ ! -e "$DATADIR/server-key.pem" ]; then
			# https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/23032807537d8dd8ee4ec1c4d40f0633cd4e12f9/packaging/deb-in/extra/mysql-systemd-start#L81-L84
			echo 'Initializing certificates'
			mysql_ssl_rsa_setup --datadir="$DATADIR"
			echo 'Certificates initialized'
		fi

		SOCKET="$(_get_config 'socket' "$@")"
		"$@" --skip-networking --socket="${SOCKET}" &
		pid="$!"

		mysql=( mysql --protocol=socket -uroot -hlocalhost --socket="${SOCKET}" )

		for i in {30..0}; do
			if echo 'SELECT 1' | "${mysql[@]}" &> /dev/null; then
				break
			fi
			echo 'MySQL init process in progress...'
			sleep 1
		done
		if [ "$i" = 0 ]; then
			echo >&2 'MySQL init process failed.'
			exit 1
		fi

		if [ -z "$MYSQL_INITDB_SKIP_TZINFO" ]; then
			# sed is for https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20545
			mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | sed 's/Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page/FCTY/' | "${mysql[@]}" mysql
		fi

		if [ ! -z "$MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
			export MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="$(pwgen -1 32)"
			echo "GENERATED ROOT PASSWORD: $MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"
		fi

		rootCreate=
		# default root to listen for connections from anywhere
		file_env 'MYSQL_ROOT_HOST' '%'
		if [ ! -z "$MYSQL_ROOT_HOST" -a "$MYSQL_ROOT_HOST" != 'localhost' ]; then
			# no, we don't care if read finds a terminating character in this heredoc
			# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/265149/why-is-set-o-errexit-breaking-this-read-heredoc-expression/265151#265151
			read -r -d '' rootCreate <<-EOSQL || true
				CREATE USER 'root'@'${MYSQL_ROOT_HOST}' IDENTIFIED BY '${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}' ;
				GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'root'@'${MYSQL_ROOT_HOST}' WITH GRANT OPTION ;
			EOSQL
		fi

		"${mysql[@]}" <<-EOSQL
			-- What's done in this file shouldn't be replicated
			--  or products like mysql-fabric won't work
			SET @@SESSION.SQL_LOG_BIN=0;

			DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE user NOT IN ('mysql.sys', 'mysqlxsys', 'root') OR host NOT IN ('localhost') ;
			SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost'=PASSWORD('${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}') ;
			GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'root'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION ;
			${rootCreate}
			DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test ;
			FLUSH PRIVILEGES ;
		EOSQL

		if [ ! -z "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
			mysql+=( -p"${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}" )
		fi

		file_env 'MYSQL_DATABASE'
		if [ "$MYSQL_DATABASE" ]; then
			echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`$MYSQL_DATABASE\` ;" | "${mysql[@]}"
			mysql+=( "$MYSQL_DATABASE" )
		fi

		file_env 'MYSQL_USER'
		file_env 'MYSQL_PASSWORD'
		if [ "$MYSQL_USER" -a "$MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
			echo "CREATE USER '$MYSQL_USER'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$MYSQL_PASSWORD' ;" | "${mysql[@]}"

			if [ "$MYSQL_DATABASE" ]; then
				echo "GRANT ALL ON \`$MYSQL_DATABASE\`.* TO '$MYSQL_USER'@'%' ;" | "${mysql[@]}"
			fi

			echo 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES ;' | "${mysql[@]}"
		fi

		echo
		for f in /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/*; do
			case "$f" in
				*.sh)     echo "$0: running $f"; . "$f" ;;
				*.sql)    echo "$0: running $f"; "${mysql[@]}" < "$f"; echo ;;
				*.sql.gz) echo "$0: running $f"; gunzip -c "$f" | "${mysql[@]}"; echo ;;
				*)        echo "$0: ignoring $f" ;;
			esac
			echo
		done

		if [ ! -z "$MYSQL_ONETIME_PASSWORD" ]; then
			"${mysql[@]}" <<-EOSQL
				ALTER USER 'root'@'%' PASSWORD EXPIRE;
			EOSQL
		fi
		if ! kill -s TERM "$pid" || ! wait "$pid"; then
			echo >&2 'MySQL init process failed.'
			exit 1
		fi

		echo
		echo 'MySQL init process done. Ready for start up.'
		echo
	fi
fi

exec "$@"

Dockerfile

FROM debian:jessie

# add our user and group first to make sure their IDs get assigned consistently, regardless of whatever dependencies get added
RUN groupadd -r mysql && useradd -r -g mysql mysql

# add gosu for easy step-down from root
ENV GOSU_VERSION 1.7
RUN set -x \
	&& apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates wget && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
	&& wget -O /usr/local/bin/gosu "https://github.com/tianon/gosu/releases/download/$GOSU_VERSION/gosu-$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
	&& wget -O /usr/local/bin/gosu.asc "https://github.com/tianon/gosu/releases/download/$GOSU_VERSION/gosu-$(dpkg --print-architecture).asc" \
	&& export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
	&& gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys B42F6819007F00F88E364FD4036A9C25BF357DD4 \
	&& gpg --batch --verify /usr/local/bin/gosu.asc /usr/local/bin/gosu \
	&& rm -r "$GNUPGHOME" /usr/local/bin/gosu.asc \
	&& chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gosu \
	&& gosu nobody true \
	&& apt-get purge -y --auto-remove ca-certificates wget

RUN mkdir /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
# for MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD
		pwgen \
# for mysql_ssl_rsa_setup
		openssl \
# FATAL ERROR: please install the following Perl modules before executing /usr/local/mysql/scripts/mysql_install_db:
# File::Basename
# File::Copy
# Sys::Hostname
# Data::Dumper
		perl \
	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN set -ex; \
# gpg: key 5072E1F5: public key "MySQL Release Engineering <mysql-build@oss.oracle.com>" imported
	key='A4A9406876FCBD3C456770C88C718D3B5072E1F5'; \
	export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)"; \
	gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$key"; \
	gpg --export "$key" > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/mysql.gpg; \
	rm -r "$GNUPGHOME"; \
	apt-key list > /dev/null

ENV MYSQL_MAJOR 5.7
ENV MYSQL_VERSION 5.7.19-1debian8

RUN echo "deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ jessie mysql-${MYSQL_MAJOR}" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mysql.list

# the "/var/lib/mysql" stuff here is because the mysql-server postinst doesn't have an explicit way to disable the mysql_install_db codepath besides having a database already "configured" (ie, stuff in /var/lib/mysql/mysql)
# also, we set debconf keys to make APT a little quieter
RUN { \
		echo mysql-community-server mysql-community-server/data-dir select ''; \
		echo mysql-community-server mysql-community-server/root-pass password ''; \
		echo mysql-community-server mysql-community-server/re-root-pass password ''; \
		echo mysql-community-server mysql-community-server/remove-test-db select false; \
	} | debconf-set-selections \
	&& apt-get update && apt-get install -y mysql-server="${MYSQL_VERSION}" && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
	&& rm -rf /var/lib/mysql && mkdir -p /var/lib/mysql /var/run/mysqld \
	&& chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql /var/run/mysqld \
# ensure that /var/run/mysqld (used for socket and lock files) is writable regardless of the UID our mysqld instance ends up having at runtime
	&& chmod 777 /var/run/mysqld

# comment out a few problematic configuration values
# don't reverse lookup hostnames, they are usually another container
RUN sed -Ei 's/^(bind-address|log)/#&/' /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf \
	&& echo '[mysqld]\nskip-host-cache\nskip-name-resolve' > /etc/mysql/conf.d/docker.cnf

VOLUME /var/lib/mysql

COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
RUN ln -s usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh # backwards compat
ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]

EXPOSE 3306
CMD ["mysqld"]

Hopefully someone can help me solve this!
Greetings, Revlyn

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I had this same problem today and I could not resolve with the existing discussions. Waiting for some help.

Setup until problem.

My Dockerfile:

FROM iron/base

EXPOSE 6767
ADD account-linux-amd64 /
ENTRYPOINT ["./account-linux-amd64"]

$ sudo docker build -t joaoneto/account account/

Step 1/4 : FROM iron/base
 ---> b65946736b2c
Step 2/4 : EXPOSE 6767
 ---> Using cache
 ---> 5d08307c9670
Step 3/4 : ADD account-linux-amd64 /
 ---> Using cache
 ---> db5d96759dfc
Step 4/4 : ENTRYPOINT ./account-linux-amd64
 ---> Using cache
 ---> 2f072423b7b0
Successfully built 2f072423b7b0
Successfully tagged joaoneto/account:latest

So, let’s run:
$ sudo docker run --rm joaoneto/account

Output:

standard_init_linux.go:187: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"

A file is not found, but it’s not necessarily your entrypoint. I had a similar issue and it was because /bin/bash did not exist in the container. I had to change the interpreter line of my entrypoint file from #!/bin/bash to #!/bin/sh and the problem was solved.

Another potential issue is where the line endings of the entrypoint are in DOS format, not Unix format. See here for more details.

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facepalm
I just spent an hour fighting with this blasted problem. Thank you @insanity54.

Really annoying part to this was that I could build the image with the entry point commented out and run my script and everything worked. But as soon as I put the entrypoint back in it went back to “exec format error”. Very frustrating.

Again: thank you.

i also had same issue… i am also getting same logs when i run my artifactory container.

linux_187 exec format error… can anyone help me…

How install and run python script with MySql or mariaDb in docker container on Debian stretch armhf
docker pull mysql (not working)
docker pull mariadb (not working)
Any idea???
To start from scratch
Using Dockerfile or docker-compose.yml