moby: Cannot pull image, 'authentication required'

I try to pull images from docker.io but it fails with “Error pulling image (precise) from ubuntu, Authentication is require”. Maybe its the same error as the closed #2196

 # docker pull ubuntu
Pulling repository ubuntu
8dbd9e392a96: Error pulling image (precise) from ubuntu, Authentication is required.
b750fe79269d: Error pulling image (quantal) from ubuntu, Authentication is required.
2013/11/11 16:35:10 Server error: 404 trying to fetch remote history for ubuntu

# docker version
Client version: 0.6.6
Go version (client): go1.2rc3
Git commit (client): 6d42040
Server version: 0.6.6
Git commit (server): 6d42040
Go version (server): go1.2rc3

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 11 years ago
Comments: 31 (12 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Bump SwarmKit to 8852e8840e30d69db0b39a4a3d6447362e17c64f Relevant changes; - swarmkit #2593 agent: return error when failing to apply network key - swarmkit #2645 Replace deprecated grpc functions ... — committed to thaJeztah/docker by thaJeztah 6 years ago
Bump SwarmKit to 8852e8840e30d69db0b39a4a3d6447362e17c64f Relevant changes; - swarmkit #2593 agent: return error when failing to apply network key - swarmkit #2645 Replace deprecated grpc functions ... — committed to thaJeztah/docker by thaJeztah 6 years ago

Most upvoted comments

I’d forgotten my password to docker, so reset it. Runningdocker login (with my new password) worked for me.

rquadling on Sep 21, 2016

You can try something like sudo ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org to have your computer automatically try to fix the clock.

tianon on Nov 28, 2013

Fixing the clock/timezone fixed it for me

SnowRipple on Nov 19, 2013

If you don’t want to login to docker hub, then docker logout may also work. (It worked for me)

JoyceBabu on Sep 18, 2015

For what it’s worth: I just had this problem and the reason for my issue was because I hadn’t yet signed into the Docker CLI via docker login. Worth a try if you haven’t already done so.

dwickwire on Jun 24, 2014

Hi @woofie56,

Could you please try the following:

Check if the current date is the same as this one http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1440
If it’s not the same, try this: sudo date -s “28 NOV 2013 hh:mm:ss” Make sure to change hh:mm:ssfor the actual time from the hyperlink
Confirm if the time now is correct by comparing yours and the one from the website
Try to pull the image again once the local time is corrected

rogaha on Nov 28, 2013