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Try non-default user id to create non-root user in devcontainer. (backport #4591) #4640

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9 changes: 6 additions & 3 deletions source/How-To-Guides/Setup-ROS-2-with-VSCode-and-Docker-Container.rst
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Expand Up @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Therefore add the following to ``.devcontainer/devcontainer.json``:
}
},
"workspaceFolder": "/home/ws",
"workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/home/ws/src,type=bind",
"workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/home/ws,type=bind",
"customizations": {
"vscode": {
"extensions":[
Expand All @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Therefore add the following to ``.devcontainer/devcontainer.json``:
],
"mounts": [
"source=/tmp/.X11-unix,target=/tmp/.X11-unix,type=bind,consistency=cached",
"source=/dev/dri,target=/dev/dri,type=bind,consistency=cached"
"source=/dev/dri,target=/dev/dri,type=bind,consistency=cached"
],
"postCreateCommand": "sudo rosdep update && sudo rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -y && sudo chown -R $(whoami) /home/ws/"
}
Expand All @@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ Open the Dockerfile and add the following contents:
ARG USER_UID=1000
ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID

# Delete user if it exists in container (e.g Ubuntu Noble: ubuntu)
RUN if id -u $USER_UID ; then userdel `id -un $USER_UID` ; fi

# Create the user
RUN groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
&& useradd --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID -m $USERNAME \
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -211,4 +214,4 @@ Inside the terminal do the following:
source /opt/ros/$ROS_DISTRO/setup.bash
rviz2

.. Note:: There might be a problem with displaying RVIZ. If no window pops up, then check the value of ``echo $DISPLAY`` - if the output is 1, you can fix this problem with ``echo "export DISPLAY=unix:1" >> /etc/bash.bashrc`` and then test it again. You can also change the DISPLAY value in the devcontainer.json and rebuild it.
.. Note:: There might be a problem with displaying RVIZ. Please make sure to allow the user to access X window system with ``xhost +local:<USERNAME>``. If no window still pops up, then check the value of ``echo $DISPLAY`` - if the output is 1, you can fix this problem with ``echo "export DISPLAY=unix:1" >> /etc/bash.bashrc`` and then test it again. You can also change the DISPLAY value in the devcontainer.json and rebuild it.