Dotnet run works only as root

[hamzahamidi]

Steps to reproduce

I was following the official dotnet tutorial https://dotnet.microsoft.com/learn/dotnet/hello-world-tutorial/create . When I try to run the application ( dotnet run) I get this error:

projects/dotnet-core-starter/dotnet-core-starter.csproj : error MSB4236: The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found.

sudo dotnet run works as expected!

Expected behavior

Actual behavior

projects/dotnet-core-starter/dotnet-core-starter.csproj : error MSB4236: The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found.

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   2.2.203
 Commit:    e5bab63eca

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     ubuntu
 OS Version:  18.04
 OS Platform: Linux
 RID:         ubuntu.18.04-x64
 Base Path:   /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.2.203/

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 2.2.4
  Commit:  f95848e524

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  2.2.203 [/usr/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.4 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.4 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.4 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

To install additional .NET Core runtimes or SDKs:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

[peterhuene]

Hi @hamzahamidi. Thank you for reporting this issue to us.

Do you happen to have a MSBuildSDKsPath environment variable set? You likely don't, but those would override the places where MSBuild and the .NET Core SDK look for SDKs.

Does the directory /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.2.203/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk exist?

[hamzahamidi]

@peterhuene Thank you for answer. MSBuildSDKsPath is already set in .profilerc & the directory /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.2.203/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk does exist

[peterhuene]

@hamzahamidi what is MSBuildSDKsPath set to?

[hamzahamidi]

@peterhuene MSBuildSDKsPath="/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/$(dotnet --version)/Sdks"

[peterhuene]

Hmm, not entirely sure if the variable is necessary as I would assume MSBuild should be able to resolve the SDKs directory based on the path to the running MSBuild.dll.

If you unset the variable in the current terminal session and rerun dotnet run, does it help?

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