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Error saving credentials: error storing credentials - err: exit status 1, out: `error getting credentials - err: exit status 1

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I have Ubuntu 20.04 and I have tried using docker login to log in in terminal, but got:

docker login 
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Username: sfelshtyn
Password: 
Error saving credentials: error storing credentials - err: exit status 1, out: `error getting credentials - err: exit status 1, out:` no usernames for https://index.docker.io/v1/``
                Solution:  I did a few steps: (You can find here: docs.docker.com/desktop/linux) gpg --generate-key ...
– Stanislav Felshtyn
                Apr 7, 2022 at 14:33
                This ended up fixing it for me. I did have to first do rm -rf ~/.password-store/docker-credential-helpers to reset things and get it to work.
– tayden
                Jul 18, 2022 at 16:30
                Execute gpg --generate-key and then pass init "<user-id>" and then docker login should work. This at least works for me on Ubuntu 22.04.
– Ini
                Aug 24, 2022 at 16:29
I read Error saving credentials: error storing credentials - err: exit status 1, out: pass store is uninitialized to solve my problem, but none of them helped.
Then I switched to official docker documentation and found that I didn't go through the credentials management process during docker installation.
I did a few steps:
gpg --generate-key
pass init <generated gpg-id public key>
docker pull molly/privateimage
After that I tried again docker login. I passed my personal data and it worked for me. I solved my issue.
                Thanks! Definitely the answer that fixed my issue in the most proper way. This wasn't necessary on macos but is on linux
– xdzzz
                Jan 1 at 1:38
                I passed in the wrong id :-( into "pass init [id]" and it gave me the error. This solved my problem!
– Ray Garcia
                May 4 at 1:28
Remove the key credStore from ~/.docker/config.json, and everything works normal now.
Before:
     "auths": {},
     "credsStore": "desktop", // remove this line, irrespective of the value of credStore
     "currentContext": "desktop-linux"
After:
     "auths": {},
     "currentContext": "desktop-linux"
Remove docker-credential-helpers
rm -rf ~/.password-store/docker-credential-helpers
Generate GPG Key Pair
gpg --generate-key
Initialize pass utility, which is a password manager that uses GPG encryption for storing and managing passwords
pass init <generated gpg-id public key>
References:
https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/issues/24#issuecomment-595692091
https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/issues/60#issuecomment-336748027
service docker start
Basically, you need to remove your credentials from your local environment,(These two rm ~ commands do this work)
If you are having permission issues, use sudo
When you run the gpg command. Then while running the pass init command, pass the pub key generated on the the output of gpg command.
$ pass init <pub key from gpg command>
Just to add another solution taking from the other answers here.
If you've already started Docker Desktop and you're seeing the error:
error storing credentials - err: exit status 1, out: `error getting credentials - err: exit status 1
Stop the application:
systemctl --user stop docker-desktop
If you've already followed the steps in credentials-management-for-linux-users  - make sure you provide the correct email. I used the wrong one which is why it wasn't working! Delete the existing pass key:
rm -rf ~/.password-store/docker-credential-helpers
Generate a new key and provide the correct credentials:
gpg --generate-key
This will print out text like:
pub   rsa3072 2023-06-13 [SC] [expires: 2025-06-12]
      sdfasdfsdfsdfdsfasdf
uid                      Your Name <Your Email>
sub   rsa3072 2023-06-13 [E] [expires: 2025-06-12]
Then use the gpd-id displayed next to pub or sub to initialise pass, e.g.:
pass init rsa3072
Finally, start Docker Desktop:
systemctl --user start docker-desktop 
Hope this helps!