I have no name! instead of user name in terminal running custom devfile

After creating a custom minimal devfile:

metadata:
  name: MyDevfile
components:
  - mountSources: true
    args:
      - sleep
      - infinity
    memoryLimit: 512Mi
    type: dockerimage
    alias: ubuntu
    image: picoded/ubuntu-openjdk-8-jdk
apiVersion: 1.0.0

Opening the terminal and executing /bin/bash the user has no name: I have no name!@workspace1grh40aawaiokuav:/workspace$

Also any command requiring root privileges is unauthorized.

I’m trying using multiple standard docker images, but found the same problem. I need a vanilla system where i can try to install some tools, so having a basic user, sudo and root privileges is mandatory.

[ultrafab]

@sleshchenko @amisevsk first of all thank you for your support, i’ll try to generate a docker with the arbitrary user patch and try.

Also thanks for the insight about the security issues, i fully understand the rationale behind the Openshift choices.

Just to try to explain my use case and why i’m looking for this kind of solutions: sometimes i would like to be able to test some tools or libraries inside a sandbox running on our company servers, behind a firewall. Sometimes the sandbox is a full VM (kvm) or recently an LXD container. The problem is having an IDE able to reach the sandbox, without the needing of mapping SMB/NFS folders, etc. Eclipse CHE seems the perfect solution, cause if i’m at home (during this lockdown) i can just open my laptop (win/ubuntu or whatever) spinup a container where i’ve a terminal, a working sudo user and an IDE. Of course, for any other needs, during a standard dev process, we have standard and “locked” docker images were all the tools are already installed and under control.

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