diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
index 73b2a1f336db7..a1062dbbdd5ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-linux-run-tests.yml
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Reset Intel GPU
       if: inputs.reset_intel_gpu == 'true'
       run: |
-        sudo mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
-        sudo bash -c 'echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_wedged'
+        cat /run/secrets/sycl_passwd | sudo -S mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
+        cat /run/secrets/sycl_passwd | sudo -S bash -c 'echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_wedged'
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         if [ "${{ inputs.install_dev_igc_driver }}" = "true" ]; then
             # If libllvm14 is already installed (dev igc docker), still return true.
-            sudo apt-get install -yqq libllvm14 || true;
+            cat /run/secrets/sycl_passwd | sudo -S apt-get install -yqq libllvm14 || true;
         fi
-        sudo -E bash devops/scripts/install_drivers.sh llvm/devops/dependencies.json ${{ inputs.install_dev_igc_driver == 'true' && 'llvm/devops/dependencies-igc-dev.json --use-dev-igc' || '' }} --all
+        cat /run/secrets/sycl_passwd | sudo -S -E bash devops/scripts/install_drivers.sh llvm/devops/dependencies.json ${{ inputs.install_dev_igc_driver == 'true' && 'llvm/devops/dependencies-igc-dev.json --use-dev-igc' || '' }} --all
     - name: Source OneAPI TBB vars.sh
       shell: bash
       run: |
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_base.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_base.Dockerfile
index 07bb343cae93c..b694124c26f13 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_base.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_base.Dockerfile
@@ -8,25 +8,14 @@ USER root
 COPY scripts/install_build_tools.sh /install.sh
 RUN /install.sh
 
-# By default Ubuntu sets an arbitrary UID value, that is different from host
-# system. When CI passes default UID value of 1001, some of LLVM tools fail to
-# discover user home directory and fail a few LIT tests. Fixes UID and GID to
-# 1001, that is used as default by GitHub Actions.
-RUN groupadd -g 1001 sycl && useradd sycl -u 1001 -g 1001 -m -s /bin/bash
-# Add sycl user to video/irc groups so that it can access GPU
-RUN usermod -aG video sycl
-RUN usermod -aG irc sycl
-
-# group 109 is required for sycl user to access PVC card.
-RUN groupadd -g 109 render
-RUN usermod -aG render sycl
-
-# Allow sycl user to run as sudo
-RUN echo "sycl  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+COPY scripts/create-sycl-user.sh /user-setup.sh
+RUN --mount=type=secret,id=sycl_ci_passwd /user-setup.sh
 
 COPY actions/cached_checkout /actions/cached_checkout
 COPY actions/cleanup /actions/cleanup
 COPY scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh /docker_entrypoint.sh
 COPY scripts/install_drivers.sh /opt/install_drivers.sh
 
+USER sycl_ci
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker_entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_build.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_build.Dockerfile
index 313b455dbc25b..ee8a32411f742 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_build.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_build.Dockerfile
@@ -24,23 +24,18 @@ gpg --dearmor | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg > /dev/null && \
 # Add rocm repo
 echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/6.1.1 jammy main" \
 | tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list && \
-printf 'Package: *\nPin: release o=repo.radeon.com\nPin-Priority: 600' | tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/rocm-pin-600 && \
-apt update
+printf 'Package: *\nPin: release o=repo.radeon.com\nPin-Priority: 600' | tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/rocm-pin-600
 # Install the kernel driver
-RUN apt install -yqq rocm-dev && \
+RUN apt update && apt install -yqq rocm-dev && \
   apt-get clean && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# By default Ubuntu sets an arbitrary UID value, that is different from host
-# system. When CI passes default UID value of 1001, some of LLVM tools fail to
-# discover user home directory and fail a few LIT tests. Fixes UID and GID to
-# 1001, that is used as default by GitHub Actions.
-RUN groupadd -g 1001 sycl && useradd sycl -u 1001 -g 1001 -m -s /bin/bash
-# Add sycl user to video/irc groups so that it can access GPU
-RUN usermod -aG video sycl
-RUN usermod -aG irc sycl
+COPY scripts/create-sycl-user.sh /user-setup.sh
+RUN --mount=type=secret,id=sycl_ci_passwd /user-setup.sh
 
 COPY scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh /docker_entrypoint.sh
 
+USER sycl_ci
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker_entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
index fb018f195a48f..951a5d3c854c0 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 ARG use_latest=true
 
+USER root
+
 RUN apt update && apt install -yqq wget
 
 COPY scripts/get_release.py /
@@ -25,5 +27,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=github_token \
 
 COPY scripts/drivers_entrypoint.sh /drivers_entrypoint.sh
 
+USER sycl_ci
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/drivers_entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_preinstalled.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_preinstalled.Dockerfile
index 4d39cca4d6baa..18ec7de01acb3 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_preinstalled.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2204_preinstalled.Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ ARG base_image=ghcr.io/intel/llvm/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers
 
 FROM $base_image:$base_tag
 
+USER root
+
 COPY scripts/drivers_entrypoint.sh /drivers_entrypoint.sh
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/sycl
 ADD sycl_linux.tar.gz /opt/sycl/
@@ -10,5 +12,7 @@ ADD sycl_linux.tar.gz /opt/sycl/
 ENV PATH /opt/sycl/bin:$PATH
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/sycl/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
+USER sycl_ci
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/drivers_entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_base.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_base.Dockerfile
index c30e562c630e8..adc1695ded6f7 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_base.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_base.Dockerfile
@@ -8,25 +8,14 @@ USER root
 COPY scripts/install_build_tools.sh /install.sh
 RUN /install.sh
 
-# By default Ubuntu sets an arbitrary UID value, that is different from host
-# system. When CI passes default UID value of 1001, some of LLVM tools fail to
-# discover user home directory and fail a few LIT tests. Fixes UID and GID to
-# 1001, that is used as default by GitHub Actions.
-RUN groupadd -g 1001 sycl && useradd sycl -u 1001 -g 1001 -m -s /bin/bash
-# Add sycl user to video/irc groups so that it can access GPU
-RUN usermod -aG video sycl
-RUN usermod -aG irc sycl
-
-# group 109 is required for sycl user to access PVC card.
-RUN groupadd -g 109 render
-RUN usermod -aG render sycl
-
-# Allow sycl user to run as sudo
-RUN echo "sycl  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+COPY scripts/create-sycl-user.sh /user-setup.sh
+RUN --mount=type=secret,id=sycl_ci_passwd /user-setup.sh
 
 COPY actions/cached_checkout /actions/cached_checkout
 COPY actions/cleanup /actions/cleanup
 COPY scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh /docker_entrypoint.sh
 COPY scripts/install_drivers.sh /opt/install_drivers.sh
 
+USER sycl_ci
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker_entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_build_oneapi.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_build_oneapi.Dockerfile
index e5c576016f398..8f0d0b5d27bb3 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_build_oneapi.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_build_oneapi.Dockerfile
@@ -31,23 +31,19 @@ echo -e 'Package: *\nPin: release o=repo.radeon.com\nPin-Priority: 600' \
 wget -O- https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB | gpg --dearmor \
 | tee /usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null && \
 echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.repos.intel.com/oneapi all main" \
-| tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oneAPI.list && \
-apt update
+| tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oneAPI.list
+
 # Install the ROCM kernel driver and oneAPI
-RUN apt install -yqq rocm-dev intel-oneapi-compiler-dpcpp-cpp && \
+RUN apt update && apt install -yqq rocm-dev intel-oneapi-compiler-dpcpp-cpp && \
   apt-get clean && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# By default Ubuntu sets an arbitrary UID value, that is different from host
-# system. When CI passes default UID value of 1001, some of LLVM tools fail to
-# discover user home directory and fail a few LIT tests. Fixes UID and GID to
-# 1001, that is used as default by GitHub Actions.
-RUN groupadd -g 1001 sycl && useradd sycl -u 1001 -g 1001 -m -s /bin/bash
-# Add sycl user to video/irc groups so that it can access GPU
-RUN usermod -aG video sycl
-RUN usermod -aG irc sycl
+COPY scripts/create-sycl-user.sh /user-setup.sh
+RUN --mount=type=secret,id=sycl_ci_passwd /user-setup.sh
 
 COPY scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh /docker_entrypoint.sh
 
+USER sycl_ci
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker_entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_intel_drivers.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
index b45e4a8adbb51..1cb8857fecc5e 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_intel_drivers.Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 ARG use_latest=true
 
+USER root
+
 RUN apt update && apt install -yqq wget
 
 COPY scripts/get_release.py /
@@ -25,5 +27,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=github_token \
 
 COPY scripts/drivers_entrypoint.sh /drivers_entrypoint.sh
 
+USER sycl_ci
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/drivers_entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_intel_drivers_igc_dev.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_intel_drivers_igc_dev.Dockerfile
index fd40361a379f5..8ab6f2b5fdb7c 100644
--- a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_intel_drivers_igc_dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_intel_drivers_igc_dev.Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ FROM $base_image:$base_tag
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
+USER root
+
 RUN apt update && apt install -yqq libllvm14
 
 COPY scripts/get_release.py /
@@ -20,5 +22,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=github_token \
 
 COPY scripts/drivers_entrypoint.sh /drivers_entrypoint.sh
 
+USER sycl_ci
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/drivers_entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/devops/scripts/create-sycl-user.sh b/devops/scripts/create-sycl-user.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..43633f4499adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devops/scripts/create-sycl-user.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+  # When launched without arguments, we assume that it was launched as part of
+  # CI workflow and therefore a different kind of user is created
+  USER_NAME=sycl_ci
+  SET_PASSWD=true
+
+  # By default Ubuntu sets an arbitrary UID value, that is different from host
+  # system. When CI passes default UID value of 1001, some of LLVM tools fail to
+  # discover user home directory and fail a few LIT tests. Fixes UID and GID to
+  # 1001, that is used as default by GitHub Actions.
+  USER_ID=1001
+else
+  if [[ "${1:-}" != "--regular" ]]; then
+    echo "The only supported argument is --regular!"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  USER_NAME=sycl
+  SET_PASSWD=false
+
+  # Some user id which is different from the one assigned to sycl_ci user
+  USER_ID=1234
+fi
+
+groupadd -g $USER_ID $USER_NAME && useradd $USER_NAME -u $USER_ID -g $USER_ID -m -s /bin/bash
+# Add user to video/irc groups so that it can access GPU
+usermod -aG video $USER_NAME
+usermod -aG irc $USER_NAME
+
+# group 109 is required for user to access PVC card.
+groupadd -f -g 109 render
+usermod -aG render $USER_NAME
+
+if [[ $SET_PASSWD == true ]]; then
+  if [[ ! -f /run/secrets/sycl_ci_passwd ]]; then
+    echo "Password is requested, but /run/secrets/sycl_ci_passwd doesn't exist!"
+    exit 2
+  fi
+
+  # Set password for user
+  echo "$USER_NAME:$(cat /run/secrets/sycl_ci_passwd)" | chpasswd
+
+  # Allow user to run as sudo, but only with password
+  echo "$USER_NAME  ALL=(ALL) PASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+else
+  echo "$USER_NAME  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+fi
diff --git a/devops/scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh b/devops/scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh
index f0e89244d013f..5fc44481d2355 100755
--- a/devops/scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/devops/scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ -d "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" ]; then
-  chown -R sycl:sycl $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-  su sycl
-fi
-
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/sycl/doc/developer/DockerBKMs.md b/sycl/doc/developer/DockerBKMs.md
index 13bd1e9d63454..e36585c335090 100644
--- a/sycl/doc/developer/DockerBKMs.md
+++ b/sycl/doc/developer/DockerBKMs.md
@@ -143,10 +143,22 @@ instructions.
 
 ## Changing Docker user
 
-By default all processes inside Docker run as root. Some LLVM or Clang tests
-expect your user to be anything but root. You can change the user by specifying
-`-u <username or uid>` option. All Docker containers come with user `sycl`
-created.
+By default all processes within our containers are run as the `sycl_ci` user.
+Note: it **does not** have password-less `root` access.
+
+If you want to change the user, you can do that by specifying the
+`-u <username or uid>` option when running the container.
+
+All containers come with the `/user-setup.sh` script which can used to create
+the `sycl` user which has all the same groups as the `sycl_ci` user, but also
+has password-less access to `root`. Use the script as follows:
+
+```bash
+# Note: the script requires root permissions to create a new user
+/user-setup.sh --regular
+# Switch to the newly created user
+su - sycl
+```
 
 ## Managing downloaded Docker images