add solution message if kbueadm is not executble on linux

cmd/minikube/cmd/node_start.go

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ var nodeStartCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			_, err := maybeDeleteAndRetry(*cc, *n, nil, err)
 			if err != nil {
+				maybeExitWithAdvice(err)
 				exit.WithError("failed to start node", err)
 			}
 		}

cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/kic/oci"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/images"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/download"
@@ -1045,7 +1046,7 @@ func getKubernetesVersion(old *config.ClusterConfig) string {
 	return nv
 }
 
-// maybeExitWithAdvice before exiting will try to check for different error types and provide advice
+// maybeExitWithAdvice before exiting will try to check for different error types and provide advice if we know for sure what the error is
 func maybeExitWithAdvice(err error) {
 	if errors.Is(err, oci.ErrWindowsContainers) {
 		out.ErrLn("")
@@ -1071,8 +1072,15 @@ func maybeExitWithAdvice(err error) {
 				out.T(out.Tip, "Please ensure your {{.driver_name}} system has access to {{.cpu_counts}} CPU cores or reduce the number of the specified CPUs", out.V{"driver_name": viper.GetString("driver"), "cpu_counts": viper.GetInt(cpus)})
 			}
 		}
-
 		exit.UsageT("Ensure your {{.driver_name}} system has enough CPUs. The minimum allowed is 2 CPUs.", out.V{"driver_name": viper.GetString("driver")})
 	}
 
+	if errors.Is(err, kubeadm.ErrNoExecLinux) {
+		out.ErrLn("")
+		out.ErrT(out.Conflict, "kubeadm binary is not executable !")
+		out.T(out.Documentation, "Other users fixed this as explained in this issue: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/8327#issuecomment-651288459")
+		exit.UsageT(`Ensure the binaries are not mounted with "noexec" option. To see list of your mount permissions run:
+		findmnt`)
+	}
+
 }

pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/errors.go

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package kubeadm
+
+import "errors"
+
+// FailFastError type is an error that could not be solved by trying again
+type FailFastError struct {
+	Err error
+}
+
+func (f *FailFastError) Error() string {
+	return f.Err.Error()
+}
+
+// ErrNoExecLinux is thrown on linux when the kubeadm binaries are mounted in a noexec volume on Linux as seen in https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/8327#issuecomment-651288459
+// this error could be seen on docker/podman or none driver.
+var ErrNoExecLinux = &FailFastError{errors.New("mounted kubeadm binary is not executable")}

pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go

@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) init(cfg config.ClusterConfig) error {
 	c := exec.Command("/bin/bash", "-c", fmt.Sprintf("%s init --config %s %s --ignore-preflight-errors=%s",
 		bsutil.InvokeKubeadm(cfg.KubernetesConfig.KubernetesVersion), conf, extraFlags, strings.Join(ignore, ",")))
 	if _, err := k.c.RunCmd(c); err != nil {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "'kubeadm': Permission denied") {
+			return ErrNoExecLinux
+		}
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "run")
 	}
 
@@ -348,11 +351,15 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) StartCluster(cfg config.ClusterConfig) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	out.ErrT(out.Conflict, "initialization failed, will try again: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
-	if err := k.DeleteCluster(cfg.KubernetesConfig); err != nil {
-		glog.Warningf("delete failed: %v", err)
+	// retry again if it is not a fail fast error
+	if _, ff := err.(*FailFastError); !ff {
+		out.ErrT(out.Conflict, "initialization failed, will try again: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
+		if err := k.DeleteCluster(cfg.KubernetesConfig); err != nil {
+			glog.Warningf("delete failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		return k.init(cfg)
 	}
-	return k.init(cfg)
+	return err
 }
 
 // client sets and returns a Kubernetes client to use to speak to a kubeadm launched apiserver