Update remote UID/GID on MacOS

[rse173]

Hello,

I'm using devcontainers on MacOS, and it seems that UID/GID are not updated anymore (and I need them to be updated). I tried to modify the code and I saw that updateRemoteUserUIDOnMacOS is false. Is there a way to force it to true ? Or what are the conditions for this param to be true ?

Here is the relevant code :

cli/src/spec-node/devContainers.ts

Line 218 in 2fafdcc

updateRemoteUserUIDOnMacOS: false,

cli/src/spec-node/containerFeatures.ts

Line 389 in 2fafdcc

if (params.updateRemoteUserUIDDefault === 'never' || !(typeof updateRemoteUserUID === 'boolean' ? updateRemoteUserUID : params.updateRemoteUserUIDDefault === 'on') || !(cliHost.platform === 'linux' || params.updateRemoteUserUIDOnMacOS && cliHost.platform === 'darwin')) {

Thanks for your help ! I'm available for further information and/or tests.

[chrmarti]

Docker Desktop automatically maps UID/GID on macOS. Are you using something else?

[jdherg-brilliant]

Hi! I just ran into this as well using colima. Flipping the updateRemoteUserUIDOnMacOS flag to true and building from source gave me the expected behavior, but it would be great if the flag was available in the official release -- other workarounds feel much hackier.

Thank you for your consideration!