Can we have an option that we can sudo without password?

[haohaolee]

Hi Hi,
Wish you are doing good. While I think this devcontainer feature create-remote-user is very useful, sometimes I need run some scripts before we enter the container. e.g.:

"postStartCommand": "sudo bash $(pwd)/.devcontainer/dev-setup.sh",

because sudo still needs a password here, so the process is blocked.

I am wondering if we can have a new option like runSudoWithoutPassword with a default false, when true, it does something like

echo $_REMOTE_USER ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/$_REMOTE_USER
chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$_REMOTE_USER

instead of adding the user to sudo group.

What do you think?

[nils-geistmann]

Hi @haohaolee ,

Thank you for reaching out. I'm happy that this feature is useful for you.

The suggested feature seems to be a good idea. I would be happy to add it. As I'm quite busy at the moment, it will take a few days. I hope this is ok for you.

[nils-geistmann]

Hi @haohaolee,

I had some time to implement this feature earlier than expected.

The new version is published and can be used now. See the README.md for details on how to configure the feature.

I hope this solves your issues. If you like it, a star for my repo would be very much appreciated.

[haohaolee]

wonderful, never thought I could get this so quick.
Really appreciate
Take my star