Incorrect Username/Permissions

[cliffburdick]

• VSCode Version: 1.47.1
• Local OS Version: Ubuntu 18.04
• Name of Dev Container Definition with Issue:

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create Dockerfile using the template here:
   https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/blob/master/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile

2. Run the container with remoteUser vscode. Everything seems to work properly, except if you create a new file, it's using the user "root".

I have tried also creating another non-root user in the Dockerfile and giving them sudo access as defined here:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/master/script-library/common-debian.sh

When I use a remoteUser of my user in that file, everything appears to work fine, except sudo asks for a password, and I can't figure out what it is. I even tried setting a password, but it won't take that either. If I run this container using docker run by itself, sudo works properly with no password prompt, so something vscode is doing is affecting the behavior.

I'm using remote mounts, and I noticed in the documentation that vscode tries to save with the GID/UID of the mounted user. However, this particular system all the logins are through LDAP, so there are no entries in /etc/passwd for the users.

Is there a way to either get vscode to accept sudo without a password, or have a default password for all users?

[william-will-angi]

@cliffburdick Did you find a solution? I am running into the same issue I think

[cliffburdick]

There are a number of ways to solve this, but take a look at https://github.com/boxboat/fixuid for one