OpenShift Container KUBECONFIG /.kube permission denied message

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Issue

  • When using a service account from within a container, notice the following error message:
error: KUBECONFIG is set to a file that cannot be created or modified: /.kube/config
mkdir /.kube: permission denied

You can unset the KUBECONFIG variable to use the default location for it:
   unset KUBECONFIG

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
    • 3.3

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