Devcontainer fails to start with 'spawn docker-compose EACCES' unless running VS Code as admin

[aaronenberg-msft]

Devcontainer is running into EACCES when running docker-compose version --short.

docker-compose standalone (V1) is not installed. compose V2 is installed with Docker Engine on WSL. Docker Desktop is not installed.

• VSCode Version: 1.88 (user setup)

• Local OS Version: Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 10.0.22631 Build 22631

• Remote OS Version: WSL - Debian Bullseye

• Remote Extension/Connection Type: Containers

• Logs:

  [221 ms] Dev Containers 0.354.0 in VS Code 1.88.0 (5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c).
  [220 ms] Start: Run: wsl -d Debian -e /bin/sh -c cd '/home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux' && /bin/sh
  [1841 ms] Start: Run in host: id -un
  [2003 ms] aaronenberg
  [2003 ms] 
  [2004 ms] Start: Run in host:  (command -v getent >/dev/null 2>&1 && getent passwd 'aaronenberg' || grep -E '^aaronenberg|^[^:]*:[^:]*:aaronenberg:' /etc/passwd || true)
  [2008 ms] Start: Run in host: echo ~
  [2010 ms] /home/aaronenberg
  [2010 ms] 
  [2011 ms] Start: Run in host: test -x '/home/aaronenberg/.vscode-remote-containers/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/node'
  [2013 ms] 
  [2013 ms] 
  [2014 ms] Exit code 1
  [2014 ms] Start: Run in host: test -x '/home/aaronenberg/.vscode-server/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/node'
  [2016 ms] 
  [2016 ms] 
  [2017 ms] Start: Run in host: test -f '/home/aaronenberg/.vscode-server/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/node_modules/node-pty/package.json'
  [2020 ms] 
  [2020 ms] 
  [2021 ms] Start: Run in host: test -f '/home/aaronenberg/.vscode-remote-containers/dist/vscode-remote-containers-server-0.354.0.js'
  [2025 ms] 
  [2026 ms] 
  [2032 ms] userEnvProbe: loginInteractiveShell (default)
  [2032 ms] userEnvProbe: not found in cache
  [2032 ms] userEnvProbe shell: /bin/bash
  [3815 ms] userEnvProbe PATHs:
  Probe:     '/home/aaronenberg/.pyenv/shims:/home/aaronenberg/.pyenv/bin:/home/aaronenberg/.cargo/bin:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/inetsrv:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/workspace/tools:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/MSBuild/Current/Bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/Common7/IDE:/home/aaronenberg/.msrustup/bin:/home/aaronenberg/.local/bin:/home/aaronenberg/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.1/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/lib/wsl/lib:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs/Azure/CLI2/wbin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft/jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot/bin:/mnt/c/Windows/system32:/mnt/c/Windows:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Users/VMAdmin/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Program Files/Azure Dev CLI:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/170/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/150/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/:/mnt/c/.tools/dotnet:/mnt/c/.tools/QuickBuild:/mnt/c/Strawberry/c/bin:/mnt/c/Strawberry/perl/site/bin:/mnt/c/Strawberry/perl/bin:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Roaming/nvm:/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs:/mnt/e/src/pfgold/tools/Autopilot/ApSignTool:/mnt/c/Program Files/SafeNet/Authentication/SAC/x64:/mnt/c/Program Files/SafeNet/Authentication/SAC/x32:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Dev Box Agent/1.0.02536.1781/79bd55a6-d690-4692-b031-96c02647c69a/Scripts:/mnt/c/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Dev Box Agent/Scripts:/mnt/c/Program Files/PowerShell/7/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git LFS:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/.cargo/bin:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/workspace/tools:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/.dotnet/tools:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Roaming/nvm:/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Local/Programs/AzureAuth/0.5.4:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/.dotnet/tools:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/workspace/tools/Geneva.Synthetics.Tools.RunSynthetics.1.0.23062.2/Geneva.Synthetics.Tools.RunSynthetics.1.0.23062.2/lib/net6.0:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin'
  Container: None
  [3978 ms] Initializing configuration support...
  [3978 ms] Internal initialization of dev container support package...
  [11415 ms] Start: Run: wsl -d Debian -e /bin/sh -c cd '/home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux' && /bin/sh
  [11638 ms] Start: Run in host: id -un
  [11776 ms] aaronenberg
  [11776 ms] 
  [11777 ms] Start: Run in host:  (command -v getent >/dev/null 2>&1 && getent passwd 'aaronenberg' || grep -E '^aaronenberg|^[^:]*:[^:]*:aaronenberg:' /etc/passwd || true)
  [11780 ms] Start: Run in host: echo ~
  [11781 ms] /home/aaronenberg
  [11781 ms] 
  [11781 ms] Start: Run in host: test -x '/home/aaronenberg/.vscode-remote-containers/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/node'
  [11783 ms] 
  [11783 ms] 
  [11783 ms] Exit code 1
  [11783 ms] Start: Run in host: test -x '/home/aaronenberg/.vscode-server/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/node'
  [11785 ms] 
  [11785 ms] 
  [11785 ms] Start: Run in host: test -f '/home/aaronenberg/.vscode-server/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/node_modules/node-pty/package.json'
  [11786 ms] 
  [11786 ms] 
  [11787 ms] Start: Run in host: test -f '/home/aaronenberg/.vscode-remote-containers/dist/vscode-remote-containers-server-0.354.0.js'
  [11789 ms] 
  [11789 ms] 
  [11790 ms] userEnvProbe: loginInteractiveShell (default)
  [11790 ms] userEnvProbe: not found in cache
  [11790 ms] userEnvProbe shell: /bin/bash
  [13432 ms] userEnvProbe PATHs:
  Probe:     '/home/aaronenberg/.pyenv/shims:/home/aaronenberg/.pyenv/bin:/home/aaronenberg/.cargo/bin:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/inetsrv:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/workspace/tools:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/MSBuild/Current/Bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/Common7/IDE:/home/aaronenberg/.msrustup/bin:/home/aaronenberg/.local/bin:/home/aaronenberg/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.1/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/lib/wsl/lib:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs/Azure/CLI2/wbin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft/jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot/bin:/mnt/c/Windows/system32:/mnt/c/Windows:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Users/VMAdmin/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Program Files/Azure Dev CLI:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/170/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/150/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/:/mnt/c/.tools/dotnet:/mnt/c/.tools/QuickBuild:/mnt/c/Strawberry/c/bin:/mnt/c/Strawberry/perl/site/bin:/mnt/c/Strawberry/perl/bin:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Roaming/nvm:/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs:/mnt/e/src/pfgold/tools/Autopilot/ApSignTool:/mnt/c/Program Files/SafeNet/Authentication/SAC/x64:/mnt/c/Program Files/SafeNet/Authentication/SAC/x32:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Dev Box Agent/1.0.02536.1781/79bd55a6-d690-4692-b031-96c02647c69a/Scripts:/mnt/c/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft Dev Box Agent/Scripts:/mnt/c/Program Files/PowerShell/7/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git LFS:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/.cargo/bin:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/workspace/tools:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/.dotnet/tools:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Roaming/nvm:/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Local/Programs/AzureAuth/0.5.4:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/.dotnet/tools:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/workspace/tools/Geneva.Synthetics.Tools.RunSynthetics.1.0.23062.2/Geneva.Synthetics.Tools.RunSynthetics.1.0.23062.2/lib/net6.0:/mnt/c/Users/aaronenberg/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin'
  Container: None
  [13565 ms] Start: Run in Host: docker version --format {{json .}}
  [13729 ms] {"Client":{"Platform":{"Name":"Docker Engine - Community"},"Version":"26.0.0","ApiVersion":"1.45","DefaultAPIVersion":"1.45","GitCommit":"2ae903e","GoVersion":"go1.21.8","Os":"linux","Arch":"amd64","BuildTime":"Wed Mar 20 15:18:12 2024","Context":"default"},"Server":{"Platform":{"Name":"Docker Engine - Community"},"Components":[{"Name":"Engine","Version":"26.0.0","Details":{"ApiVersion":"1.45","Arch":"amd64","BuildTime":"Wed Mar 20 15:18:12 2024","Experimental":"false","GitCommit":"8b79278","GoVersion":"go1.21.8","KernelVersion":"5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2","MinAPIVersion":"1.24","Os":"linux"}},{"Name":"containerd","Version":"1.6.28","Details":{"GitCommit":"ae07eda36dd25f8a1b98dfbf587313b99c0190bb"}},{"Name":"runc","Version":"1.1.12","Details":{"GitCommit":"v1.1.12-0-g51d5e94"}},{"Name":"docker-init","Version":"0.19.0","Details":{"GitCommit":"de40ad0"}}],"Version":"26.0.0","ApiVersion":"1.45","MinAPIVersion":"1.24","GitCommit":"8b79278","GoVersion":"go1.21.8","Os":"linux","Arch":"amd64","KernelVersion":"5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2","BuildTime":"2024-03-20T15:18:12.000000000+00:00"}}
  [13797 ms] Running Dev Containers CLI:   read-configuration --workspace-folder /home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux --log-level debug --log-format json --config /home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json --include-merged-configuration --mount-workspace-git-root
  [13878 ms] Start: Run in Host: /home/aaronenberg/.vscode-server/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/node /home/aaronenberg/.vscode-remote-containers/dist/dev-containers-cli-0.354.0/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js read-configuration --workspace-folder /home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux --log-level debug --log-format json --config /home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json --include-merged-configuration --mount-workspace-git-root
  [14080 ms] @devcontainers/cli 0.58.0. Node.js v18.18.2. linux 5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x64.
  [14079 ms] Start: Run: docker ps -q -a --filter label=devcontainer.local_folder=/home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux --filter label=devcontainer.config_file=/home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
  [14245 ms] Start: Run: docker ps -q -a --filter label=devcontainer.local_folder=/home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux
  [14407 ms] Resolving Feature dependencies for 'ghcr.io/lukewiwa/features/shellcheck:0'...
  [14408 ms] * Processing feature: ghcr.io/lukewiwa/features/shellcheck:0
  [19513 ms] Start: Run: docker-credential-pass get
  [24968 ms] * Fetching feature: shellcheck_0_oci
  [35116 ms] * Fetched feature: shellcheck_0_oci version 0.2.3
  [35188 ms] Start: Run: docker-compose version --short
  [35323 ms] Error: spawn docker-compose EACCES
  at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:284:19)
  at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
  at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
  [35328 ms] Exit code 1
  [35329 ms] Running Dev Containers CLI:   read-configuration --workspace-folder /home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux --log-level debug --log-format json --config /home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json --mount-workspace-git-root --terminal-columns 299 --terminal-rows 12
  [35350 ms] Start: Run in Host: /home/aaronenberg/.vscode-server/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/node /home/aaronenberg/.vscode-remote-containers/dist/dev-containers-cli-0.354.0/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js read-configuration --workspace-folder /home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux --log-level debug --log-format json --config /home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json --mount-workspace-git-root --terminal-columns 299 --terminal-rows 12
  [35582 ms] @devcontainers/cli 0.58.0. Node.js v18.18.2. linux 5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x64.
  [35582 ms] Start: Run: docker ps -q -a --filter label=devcontainer.local_folder=/home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux --filter label=devcontainer.config_file=/home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
  [35755 ms] Start: Run: docker ps -q -a --filter label=devcontainer.local_folder=/home/aaronenberg/projects/security-RCV-Agent-Linux
  [35978 ms] Start: Run in Host: docker-compose version --short
  [36112 ms] Host server: Error: spawn docker-compose EACCES
  at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:284:19)
  at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
  at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
  [36114 ms] Host server: (node:91449) PromiseRejectionHandledWarning: Promise rejection was handled asynchronously (rejection id: 1)
  (Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Start VS Code as non-admin user
2. Connect to WSL
3. Open project folder
4. Reopen in Container

[chrmarti]

We try docker-compose first and switch to docker compose if that is not found. Somehow a docker-compose must be on your PATH can you remove that?

[VSCodeTriageBot]

This issue has been closed automatically because it needs more information and has not had recent activity. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[max-m-roy]

was there ever a fix for this as I am encountering a similar issue when using docker compose remote-ssh and devcontainers

[aaronenberg-msft]

We try docker-compose first and switch to docker compose if that is not found. Somehow a docker-compose must be on your PATH can you remove that?

I do not have docker-compose on my PATH