Further change for UID issue fix. Passing the UID & GID of host machine from GitHub action workflow.

Author: Kaniska244

.github/workflows/push-again.yml

@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ jobs:
         path: 'release'
         ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
 
+    - name: Get userUid from host machine
+      id: get-useruid
+      run: |
+       set -e
+       USER_UID=$(id -u)
+       USER_GID=$(id -g)
+       echo "UserUid::$USER_UID"
+       echo "UserGid::$USER_GID"
+       echo "USER_UID=$USER_UID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+       echo "USER_GID=$USER_GID" >> $GITHUB_ENV       
+
     - name: Build and push
       id: build_and_push
       env:
@@ -51,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
         SECONDARY_REGISTRY_BASE_PATH: ${{ secrets.SECONDARY_REGISTRY_BASE_PATH }}
         TOKEN_NAME: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_NAME }}
         PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
+        USER_UID: ${{ env.USER_UID }}
+        USER_GID: ${{ env.USER_GID }}        
       run: |
         set -e
 

.github/workflows/push-dev.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ jobs:
       id: checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+    - name: Get userUid from host machine
+      id: get-useruid
+      run: |
+       set -e
+       USER_UID=$(id -u)
+       USER_GID=$(id -g)
+       echo "UserUid::$USER_UID"
+       echo "UserGid::$USER_GID"
+       echo "USER_UID=$USER_UID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+       echo "USER_GID=$USER_GID" >> $GITHUB_ENV       
+
     - name: Build and push dev tags
       id: build_and_push
       env:
@@ -41,6 +52,8 @@ jobs:
         SECONDARY_REGISTRY_BASE_PATH: ${{ secrets.SECONDARY_REGISTRY_BASE_PATH }}
         TOKEN_NAME: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_NAME }}
         PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
+        USER_UID: ${{ env.USER_UID }}
+        USER_GID: ${{ env.USER_GID }}        
       run: |
         set -e
 

.github/workflows/push-manual-dev.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ jobs:
         path: 'release'
         ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
 
+    - name: Get userUid from host machine
+      id: get-useruid
+      run: |
+       set -e
+       USER_UID=$(id -u)
+       USER_GID=$(id -g)
+       echo "UserUid::$USER_UID"
+       echo "UserGid::$USER_GID"
+       echo "USER_UID=$USER_UID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+       echo "USER_GID=$USER_GID" >> $GITHUB_ENV      
+
     - name: Build and push
       id: build_and_push
       env:
@@ -47,6 +58,8 @@ jobs:
         SECONDARY_REGISTRY_BASE_PATH: ${{ secrets.SECONDARY_REGISTRY_BASE_PATH }}
         TOKEN_NAME: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_NAME }}
         PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
+        USER_UID: ${{ env.USER_UID }}
+        USER_GID: ${{ env.USER_GID }}
       run: |
         set -e
 

.github/workflows/push.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ jobs:
       id: checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+    - name: Get userUid from host machine
+      id: get-useruid
+      run: |
+       set -e
+       USER_UID=$(id -u)
+       USER_GID=$(id -g)
+       echo "UserUid::$USER_UID"
+       echo "UserGid::$USER_GID"
+       echo "USER_UID=$USER_UID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+       echo "USER_GID=$USER_GID" >> $GITHUB_ENV      
+
     - name: Get tag name
       run: echo "TAG=$(echo "${{ github.ref }}" | grep -oP 'refs/tags/\K(.+)')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
@@ -44,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
         SECONDARY_REGISTRY_BASE_PATH: ${{ secrets.SECONDARY_REGISTRY_BASE_PATH }}
         TOKEN_NAME: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_NAME }}
         PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
+        USER_UID: ${{ env.USER_UID }}
+        USER_GID: ${{ env.USER_GID }}        
       run: |
         set -e
 

.github/workflows/smoke-universal.yaml

@@ -19,9 +19,23 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       id: checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Get userUid from host machine
+      id: get-useruid
+      run: |
+       set -e
+       USER_UID=$(id -u)
+       USER_GID=$(id -g)
+       echo "UserUid::$USER_UID"
+       echo "UserGid::$USER_GID"
+       echo "USER_UID=$USER_UID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+       echo "USER_GID=$USER_GID" >> $GITHUB_ENV 
+            
     - name: Smoke test
       env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          USER_UID: ${{ env.USER_UID }}
+          USER_GID: ${{ env.USER_GID }}          
       id: smoke_test
       uses: ./.github/actions/smoke-test
       with:

src/universal/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
     "features": {
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2": {
             "username": "codespace",
-            "userUid": "1000",
-            "userGid": "1000"
+						//Getting the UID & GID values of the host machine via GitHub actions
+            //"userUid": "1000",
+            //"userGid": "1000"
+            "userUid": "${localEnv:USER_UID}",
+            "userGid": "${localEnv:USER_GID}"						
         },
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet:2": {
             "version": "8.0",
@@ -108,7 +111,6 @@
     "remoteEnv": {
         "CHROME_DEVEL_SANDBOX": "/usr/local/sbin/chrome-devel-sandbox"
     },
-	"postCreateCommand": "/usr/local/share/setup-user-priv.sh",
     // Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
     // "forwardPorts": [],
 

src/universal/.devcontainer/local-features/setup-user/install.sh

@@ -108,33 +108,4 @@ cp -p chrome-sandbox /usr/local/sbin/chrome-devel-sandbox
 cd /
 rm -f google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
 
-# --- Generate a 'pull-git-lfs-artifacts.sh' script to be executed by the 'postCreateCommand' lifecycle hook
-SETUP_USER_PRIV_SCRIPT_PATH="/usr/local/share/setup-user-priv.sh"
-
-tee "$SETUP_USER_PRIV_SCRIPT_PATH" > /dev/null \
-<< EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-set -eux
-USERNAME="codespace"
-EOF
-
-tee -a "$SETUP_USER_PRIV_SCRIPT_PATH" > /dev/null \
-<< 'EOF'
-
-echo “Setting up the right privilege…”
-echo "Need to check the increased size.."
-sudo chown -R "${USERNAME}:${USERNAME}" /usr/share/dotnet
-sudo chmod g+r+w+s /usr/share/dotnet
-sudo chmod -R g+r+w /usr/share/dotnet
-
-OPT_DIR="/opt/"
-sudo chown -R ${USERNAME}:oryx ${OPT_DIR}
-sudo chmod -R g+r+w "${OPT_DIR}"
-sudo find "${OPT_DIR}" -type d | xargs -n 1 chmod g+s
-
-echo "Done!"
-EOF
-
-chmod 755 "$SETUP_USER_PRIV_SCRIPT_PATH"
-
 echo "Done!"