Getting "Warning: Failed to create appuser, running as root" with latest version.

[gparrello]

Just installed latest version and I'm getting the message

Warning: Failed to create appuser, running as root

This means that $HOME is /root instead of /home/appuser and no copilot config is used from the mounted volume.

The issue is problably the node user being created before entrypoint.sh runs, as the output of !getent passwd once inside the container is

   │ root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash                                                                              │
   │ daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                              │
   │ bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                                         │
   │ sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                                         │
   │ sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync                                                                           │
   │ games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                              │
   │ man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                              │
   │ lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                                 │
   │ mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                                  │
   │ news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                            │
   │ uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                          │
   │ proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                                   │
   │ www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                         │
   │ backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                         │
   │ list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                │
   │ irc:x:39:39:ircd:/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                                 │
   │ _apt:x:42:65534::/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                              │
   │ nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                   │
   │ node:x:1000:1000::/home/node:/bin/bash                                                                       │
   │ systemd-network:x:998:998:systemd Network Management:/:/usr/sbin/nologin                                     │
   │ systemd-timesync:x:997:997:systemd Time Synchronization:/:/usr/sbin/nologin                                  │
   │ messagebus:x:100:101::/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin                                                         │
   │ polkitd:x:996:996:polkit:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin  

Quick suggestion is to modify UID and GID in entrypoint.sh to another id (2000 for example), but a better alternative would be this answer from Stackoverflow.

[GordonBeeming]

Thanks for the detailed report and the StackOverflow suggestion! I've implemented a fix based on that approach.

What changed: The entrypoint script now dynamically checks if UID 1000 (or any requested UID) is already taken by the node user. If it is, it automatically finds the next
available UID and uses that for appuser. Same logic applies to the GID.

What you'll see: When you run the updated image, if UID 1000 is taken, you'll see messages like:

 UID 1000 is already in use, finding next available UID...
 Using UID 1001 for appuser

This ensures appuser is always created successfully without modifying the base image's existing users, and your Copilot config will be properly mounted to
/home/appuser/.copilot.

The fix will be available in the next image build. Could you test it out and let me know if it resolves the issue? Thanks!

[gparrello]

Works like a charm, thanks for the fix!