Root password inside a Docker container

Question

I\'m using a Docker image which was built using the USER command to use a non-root user called dev. Inside a container, I\'m \"dev\", but I want to edit the

Answer 1

I'd suggest a better solution is to give the --add-host NAME:IP argument to docker run when starting the container. That will update the /etc/hosts/ file without any need to become root.

Otherwise, you can override the the USER setting by giving the -u USER flag to docker run. I would advise against this however, as you shouldn't really be changing things in a running container. Instead, make your changes in a Dockerfile and build a new image.