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[immich] installation failure: exit code 1 ... while executing command cat /etc/timezoneΒ #16742

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@NelsonMinar

βœ… Have you read and understood the above guidelines?

yes

πŸ”Ž Did you run the script with verbose mode enabled?

Yes, verbose mode was enabled and the output is included below

πŸ“œ What is the name of the script you are using?

immich

πŸ“‚ What was the exact command used to execute the script?

var_verbose=yes bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/immich.sh)"

βš™οΈ What settings are you using?

  • Default Settings
  • Advanced Settings

πŸ–₯️ Which Linux distribution are you using?

Debian 13

🧱 Is this Proxmox host running arm64?

No

πŸ“ˆ Which Proxmox version are you on?

pve-manager/9.2.11/f6997e698c7933ea (running kernel: 7.0.14-12-pve)

πŸ“ Provide a clear and concise description of the issue.

The install fails. It gets very far and is setting up user and environment when it throws an error about reading /etc/timezone. I looked in the container after the error and there is no /etc/timezone there at all. Presumably that's why the error, not sure why it wasn't created.

πŸ”„ Steps to reproduce the issue.

Run install script. Default settings, CPU only machine learning.

❌ Paste the full error output (if available).

See attached file
immich-103-6c4caf69.log

Short snip of the relevant log lines:

[2026-08-24 21:51:44] [OK] Installed Immich
[2026-08-24 21:51:44] [INFO] Modifying user, creating env file, scripts & services
[2026-08-24 21:51:44] [ERROR] in line 520: exit code 1 (General error / Operation not permitted): while executing command cat /etc/timezone
[2026-08-24 21:51:45] [OK] Modified user, created env file, scripts and services

πŸ–ΌοΈ Additional context (optional).

The /etc/timezone on the PVE host is mode 644, owned by root. Its contents are Etc/UTC.

Early in the install script output when setting up the container it displays

πŸ’‘ Skipping timezone setup – zone 'host' not found in container

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