EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/root/.config/hardhat-nodejs'

I’m following the instructions in README.md, even so this problem persists.

First log [BUILDING AND RUNNING DOCKER]:

anarkrypto@anarkrypto-pc:~/lens-protocol/$ export USERID=$UID && docker-compose build && docker-compose run --name lens contracts-env bash
WARNING: The UID variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
Building contracts-env
Sending build context to Docker daemon  4.391MB
Step 1/12 : FROM ethereum/solc:0.8.7 as build-deps
 ---> e0a6d5abb97a
Step 2/12 : FROM node:16 as build-packages
 ---> 5964aa70c11d
Step 3/12 : COPY package*.json ./
 ---> Using cache
 ---> 87b106f63cf5
Step 4/12 : COPY tsconfig*.json ./
 ---> Using cache
 ---> a30e3491931f
Step 5/12 : RUN npm ci --quiet
 ---> Using cache
 ---> 117a4d9b6ab8
Step 6/12 : FROM node:16
 ---> 5964aa70c11d
Step 7/12 : WORKDIR /src
 ---> Using cache
 ---> e4539717da4a
Step 8/12 : COPY --from=build-deps /usr/bin/solc /usr/bin/solc
 ---> Using cache
 ---> 5bc9c444c689
Step 9/12 : COPY --from=build-packages /node_modules /node_modules
 ---> Using cache
 ---> 542483875780
Step 10/12 : COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
 ---> Using cache
 ---> abcff19888cb
Step 11/12 : USER node
 ---> Using cache
 ---> bea0db6a71e8
Step 12/12 : ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 ---> Using cache
 ---> 5267e266e513
Successfully built 5267e266e513
Successfully tagged lens-protocol_contracts-env:latest
WARNING: The UID variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
Creating network "lens-protocol_default" with the default driver
Creating lens-protocol_contracts-env_run ... done

“The UID variable is not set” Why ? Even with export USERID=$UID

• If I run echo $USERID or echo $UID on host, I get 1000
• If I run echo $USERID on container, I get nothing
• If I run echo $UID on container, I get 0

Second Log [RUNNING TEST INSIDE CONTAINER]

root@1193996f0613:/src# npm run test

> lens-protocol@1.0.0 test
> npm run compile && TRACK_GAS=true hardhat test

glob error [Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/root/.npm/_logs'] {
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'scandir',
  path: '/root/.npm/_logs'
}

> lens-protocol@1.0.0 compile
> SKIP_LOAD=true hardhat clean && SKIP_LOAD=true hardhat compile

An unexpected error occurred:

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/root/.config/hardhat-nodejs'
    at Object.mkdirSync (node:fs:1334:3)
    at Object.mkdirsSync (/src/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs-sync.js:31:9)
    at getConfigDirSync (/src/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/util/global-dir.ts:21:6)
    at Object.hasConsentedTelemetry (/src/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/util/global-dir.ts:103:21)
    at main (/src/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/cli/cli.ts:136:49) {
  errno: -13,
  syscall: 'mkdir',
  code: 'EACCES',
  path: '/root/.config/hardhat-nodejs'
}
npm notice 
npm notice New minor version of npm available! 8.1.0 -> 8.6.0
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v8.6.0
npm notice Run npm install -g npm@8.6.0 to update!
npm notice 
root@1193996f0613:/src# exit
exit
ERROR: 1

“EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/root/.config/hardhat-nodejs’”

This is weird considering the container user is root

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Docker version 20.10.10, build b485636 Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

[dabit3]

This worked for me:

export USERID=1000 && docker-compose build && docker-compose run --name lens contracts-env bash

[LintonAchmad]

I know this is closed but I can suggest that known workarounds to getting started/setup be posted in dev docs - I was stuck trying to get up and running 😃 - thanks fam.