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[BUG] Misleading error message if user has no permission for docker socket #13649

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@jeffrson

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If the user has no permission to access docker socket:

> docker ps
permission denied while trying to connect to the docker API at unix:///var/run/docker.sock

docker compose up shows a very misleading error message:

> docker compose up -d
read <pwd>: is a directory

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Linux

docker compose version
Docker Compose version v5.1.1

obviously simple to reproduce (no docker-compose.yml, even empty directory suffices)

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