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When I create a file inside a container with docker-compose run web touch test the file owns to root:root. I want to change it to be $USER without to use chown.

I'm aware of the --user option but it requires to have the user created on the Dockerfile. I prefer to not change the Dockerfile because it is committed on a git repo and I don't want to commit this because it is kind of personal config.

I tried to mount the file /etc/passwd but the user is not present when we run a command. I can use su $USER -c "..." but there is some issues with this.

So, what's the best way to set create new files with the owner set as the user of the host machine?

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No need to change the Dockerfile. Just define a certain user, e.g. jenkins and a certain uid, e.g. 1000 and ensure the same uid is used when a folder is mounted.

ARG user=jenkins
ARG uid=1000

Jenkins is run with user jenkins, uid = 1000


If you bind mount a volume from the host or a data container,


ensure you use the same uid


RUN mkdir -p $JENKINS_HOME 

    && chown ${uid}:${gid} $JENKINS_HOME 

    && addgroup -g ${gid} ${group} 

&& adduser -h "$JENKINS_HOME" -u ${uid} -G ${group} -s /bin/bash -D ${user}


RUN chown -R ${user} "$JENKINS_HOME" /usr/share/jenkins/ref

https://github.com/jenkinsci/docker/blob/master/Dockerfile-alpine

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