Add --allow-root option

[nicodmf]

As bower permit it, and because CI and docker containers are more suitable with a the root user, it seems to me better to have a allow root option.

Maybe a ticket exists, but my search give me many pages and the first and second doesn't mention any such option.

When I run this command:

...composer install

I get the following output:

...Do not run Composer as root/super user! See https://getcomposer.org/root for details

And I expected this to happen:

A normal process

[alcohol]

https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#composer-allow-superuser

[henrypenny]

For example (on linux):
$ export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1; composer show;

[RScottLewis]

That worked. Thank you!

[mayankpandav]

sudo chown -R $USER $HOME/.composer

[JWPapi]

The last one is the right solution, there is a reason why there is a warning.

[emmanuelkafuihayibor]

Thanks so much

[judgej]

You can also do this in a bash shell:

$ COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 composer show

There is no need to make the variable global in your shell or exported - it is only set for the composer process then thrown away. This can help to keep the environment clean.

[maherelgamil]

Run the following line directly from your server:

export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1;

or Add it to your bash script

[shawn-thesignchef]

You can also just:

yes | composer show