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# http://wiki.ros.org/docker/Tutorials/GUI
# mount /etc/group and /etc/passwd read only
# set user from $USER
docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/tmp/hx -w /tmp/hx -v /etc/group:/etc/group:ro -v /etc/passwd:/etc/passwd:ro —user=$USER debian:jessie
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zioalex commented May 14, 2018

You can even avoid to mount the passwd and group files. The user will be not recognized in the container but outside everything will be fine and however you can run whatever you want.

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-u=$UID:$(id -g $USER)

I am getting I have no name! as the username inside docker :(

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