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OS: Ubuntu 18.04 Server
Docker 18.3 CE

I am logged onto the server, from my Windows 10 laptop, using a PuTTY SSH session.

I don't have Docker on my local Windows laptop, so all the work is done on the remote server.

I can execute all Docker commands, on the remote server, using the terminal session.

However, when I try to save my image to the Docker hub, when I try to login, using:

docker login

I get the following error message:

error getting credentials - err: exit status 1, out: `GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not provided by any .service files`

I did not get any error messages, when I created my image on the remote server.

I also do not see a .docker folder in the related home directory on the remote server. Any ideas?

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  • I ran into a somewhat similar problem today while trying to run docker login from within a LXD/LXC container. That particular one I solved by copying .docker/config.json from my host over to my $HOME/.docker/ directory within the LXD/LXC container, which I created manually. I'm currently trying to figure out another issue now, but wanted to ask if you had you tried doing this yet? 
    – code_dredd
     May 9, 2018 at 22:07
  • No, I sort of gave up on Windows. I am getting a new laptop tomorrow, where I will be installing Ubuntu 18 as a dual boot. 
    – EastsideDev
     May 9, 2018 at 22:12
  • I have opened up an issue for this here github.com/docker/cli/issues/1136. If they find a solution for this, I'll post it here. 
    – thishandp7
     Jun 21, 2018 at 9:26

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Edit 2019-04-07:

As this is the currently selected answer, I think people should try @Anish Varghese solution below first as it seems to be the easiest. You only need to install the gnupg2 and pass packages:

sudo apt install gnupg2 pass

If it doesn't work, then you can try my original solution here: