fix: run code-server as the appropriate user #1
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Rather than run code-server as root, we instead run it as the appropriate user.
mafredri
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src/code-server/install.sh
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| set -e | ||
| code-server --bind-addr "$HOST:$PORT" \$ARGS | ||
| runuser -l $_REMOTE_USER -c 'code-server --bind-addr "$HOST:$PORT" \$ARGS' |
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Is there anything that guarantees runuser is present? I know it's present in both Debian and Ubuntu, but for instance containers like Alpine and Fedora don't have it.
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That's a good point, I've switched to su instead.
Some linux distributions do not ship with runuser
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| set -e | ||
| code-server --bind-addr "$HOST:$PORT" \$ARGS | ||
| su $_REMOTE_USER -c 'code-server --bind-addr "$HOST:$PORT" \$ARGS' |
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Sanity check: Is this remote user env always set?
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According to the docs it should be https://containers.dev/implementors/features/#user-env-var
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Rather than run code-server as root, we instead run it as the appropriate user.