"Insufficient permission" error on save

• code-server version: 1.621
• OS Version: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (on GCP)

Description

Files cannot be saved nor folders cannot be created from the editor. This problem only started to occur on the latest release. (I think)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start the server with docker run -it -p 127.0.0.1:8443:8443 -v "${PWD}:/home/coder/project" codercom/code-server:1.621 --allow-http --no-auth
2. Open the editor on another page and try to make change to any file or folder. You will get this error Failed to save 'README.md': Insufficient permissions. Select 'Retry as Sudo' to retry as superuser..

[cstoneham]

I think @DavisAre’s solution seems like the best path forward here, typically when I’ve needed to edit files from inside a container this has been the recommended approach. The alternative seems to be changing host file permissions which isn’t great…

I will note though that in my case when I try to run it with a forwarded user I get:

ERROR { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/.cache'
  [stack]: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir \'/.cache\'',
  [message]: 'EACCES: permission denied, mkdir \'/.cache\'',
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'mkdir',
  path: '/.cache' }
free(): invalid pointer

[Leopere]

services:
  visual:
    image: codercom/code-server:latest
    restart: always
    user: "0:0"

It’s not pretty but it solves the issue.