Run as rootless container like it is allowed in Docker ver 20.10 and Podman

[PavelSosin-320]

Get rid Docker, server, and root user use.
The gaps are:

1. static config and workspace mount points in the Dockerfile as /config and /workspace.
2. Don't use ~

[jsjoeio]

@PavelSosin-320 could you please elaborate on why you want these changes? Thank you!

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[mirekphd]

Presumably because it is a standard practice in corporate clusters to avoid running containers as root. Platforms like Openshift and OKD will by default disallow running containers with elevated privileges (dropping nearly all capabilities) and even randomize runtime user IDs for containers, separately for each user namesapce. This has always restricted the choice of IDEs that are available in such environments. See also points 1 and 2 here: https://sysdig.com/blog/dockerfile-best-practices/

@PavelSosin-320 could you please elaborate on why you want these changes? Thank you!

[mirekphd]

Currently most of the entrypoint.sh script requires root at runtime.

The main (and only justifiable for an IDE) reason for root here is the need to support docker in VS Code. Why not switch to podman which is rootless by design?

[DevDorrejo]

Hello, I am using podman rootless and the process is required to introduce sudo password of the user, but it won't accept the password and will fail with incorrect password.