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rancher-desktop fails to start on macOS with `sudo: a password is required` while running lima

See original GitHub issue

Actual Behavior

Rancher desktop is failing to start due to lima error

Steps to Reproduce

Open Rancher desktop
Make mac laptop sleep
Open again, quit Rancher desktop and start it again
Encountering this error

Some times restarting the laptop (instead of sleep) makes it work again, but it’s not consistent. Most of the times it keeps having lima errors.

Result

Screen Shot 2022-03-15 at 10 25 30

Expected Behavior

Rancher desktop starting without issues

Additional Information

lima.log

2022-03-15T01:31:17.852Z: Running command limactl list --json...
2022-03-15T01:31:20.721Z: Running command limactl list --json...
2022-03-15T01:31:21.449Z: Running command limactl sudoers --check...
"/private/etc/sudoers.d/zzzzz-rancher-desktop-lima" is up-to-date (or sudo doesn't require a password)
2022-03-15T01:31:21.710Z: Running command limactl list --json...
2022-03-15T01:31:21.968Z: Running command limactl start --tty=false 0...
time="2022-03-15T10:31:22+09:00" level=info msg="Using the existing instance \"0\""
time="2022-03-15T10:31:22+09:00" level=info msg="Starting switch daemon for \"shared\" network"
time="2022-03-15T10:31:22+09:00" level=fatal msg="failed to run [sudo --user root --group wheel --non-interactive /bin/mkdir -m 775 -p /private/var/run/rancher-desktop-lima]: stdout=\"\", stderr=\"sudo: a password is required\\n\": exit status 1"
2022-03-15T01:31:22.260Z: + limactl start --tty=false 0
2022-03-15T01:31:22.261Z: Error: /Applications/Rancher Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl exited with code 1
2022-03-15T01:31:22.261Z: Error starting lima: Error: /Applications/Rancher Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl exited with code 1
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Applications/Rancher Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/dist/app/background.js:1:8692)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:290:12)

Seems like it’s the same as this #1615

Rancher Desktop Version

1.1.1

Rancher Desktop K8s Version

1.22.7

Which container runtime are you using?

moby (docker cli)

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System / Build Version

Big Sur 11.6.4

What CPU architecture are you using?

x64

Linux only: what package format did you use to install Rancher Desktop?

No response

Windows User Only

No response

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Reactions:8
Comments:17 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

6reactions

noventa-loftcommented, Mar 15, 2022

This workaround did the trick:

chmod 775 /private/var/run/rancher-desktop-lima

3reactions

jorgebnunescommented, Apr 6, 2022

Hi, do:

sudo vi /private/etc/sudoers.d/sudoers

On this file add/modify replacing it by your username:

your_user_name ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Save and restart Rancher Desktop

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