title: geth account import or new command doesn't create an account; instead returns Killed
body: <p>I'm trying to create/import a new ethereum account using geth, but instead of returning public address, geth returns <code>Killed</code>. I'm using <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/quorumengineering/quorum" rel="nofollow noreferrer">quorumengineering/quorum</a> Docker image on a Kubernetes cluster.</p>
  
  <p>Here's account creation script:</p>
  
  <pre><code>echo -n passwordstring &gt; passwordfile
  echo -n 82f74b773d7f948153d7eb8c192bd9819e3e94073d8bdc0e03d659aa42cd34ba &gt; privateKey
  geth --datadir . account import --password passwordfile privateKey
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Instead of returning created new account's public address, the script returns:</p>
  
  <pre><code>INFO [07-09|16:43:48.932] Maximum peer count                       ETH=25 LES=0 total=25
  Killed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Similar error is returned when I try importing or creating account interactively with <code>geth account new</code> followed by <code>kubectl exec -it &lt;pod-name&gt; sh</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Things work fine when I use Quorum docker container (<code>docker run -it --entrypoint="sh" quorumengineering/quorum</code>) in my machine.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT: <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/ethereum/client-go" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ethereum/client-go</a> image gives a more descriptive error message</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>INFO [07-09|19:03:09.094] Bumping default cache on mainnet         provided=1024 updated=4096
  WARN [07-09|19:03:09.095] Sanitizing cache to Go's GC limits       provided=4096 updated=1316
  INFO [07-09|19:03:09.097] Maximum peer count                       ETH=50 LES=0 total=50
  INFO [07-09|19:03:09.098] Smartcard socket not found, disabling    err="stat /run/pcscd/pcscd.comm: no such file or directory"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:09.098] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=ledger vendor=11415 failcount=1 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:09.099] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=trezor vendor=21324 failcount=1 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:09.099] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=trezor vendor=4617  failcount=1 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:09.099] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=ledger vendor=11415 failcount=2 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:09.099] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=trezor vendor=21324 failcount=2 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:09.099] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=trezor vendor=4617  failcount=2 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:10.100] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=trezor vendor=4617  failcount=3 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:10.100] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=ledger vendor=11415 failcount=3 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  ERROR[07-09|19:03:10.101] Failed to enumerate USB devices          hub=trezor vendor=21324 failcount=3 err="failed to initialize libusb: libusb: unknown error [code -99]"
  Killed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried with <code>--nousb</code> flag but no help. I'm trying to enable <code>pcscd.socket</code> following instructions from <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/773257/scardestablishcontext-service-not-available">https://superuser.com/questions/773257/scardestablishcontext-service-not-available</a></p>