Fix clone and yo in Theia image

dockerfiles/theia/src/setup.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 set -e
 set -u
 
+for f in "/etc/passwd" "/etc/group"; do
+    chgrp -R 0 ${f}
+    chmod -R g+rwX ${f};
+        done
+# Generate passwd.template
+cat /etc/passwd | sed s#root:x.*#root:x:\${USER_ID}:\${GROUP_ID}::\${HOME}:/bin/bash#g > ${HOME}/passwd.template
+# Generate group.template
+cat /etc/group | sed s#root:x:0:#root:x:0:0,\${USER_ID}:#g > ${HOME}/group.template
+
+
 # Install basic software used for checking github API rate limit
 yum install -y epel-release
 yum -y install curl jq expect

dockerfiles/theia/src/start.sh

@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@
 # Contributors:
 #   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 #
+export USER_ID=$(id -u)
+export GROUP_ID=$(id -g)
+
+if ! grep -Fq "${USER_ID}" /etc/passwd; then
+    # current user is an arbitrary 
+    # user (its uid is not in the 
+    # container /etc/passwd). Let's fix that    
+    cat ${HOME}/passwd.template | \
+    sed "s/\${USER_ID}/${USER_ID}/g" | \
+    sed "s/\${GROUP_ID}/${GROUP_ID}/g" | \
+    sed "s/\${HOME}/\/home\/theia/g" > /etc/passwd
+    
+    cat ${HOME}/group.template | \
+    sed "s/\${USER_ID}/${USER_ID}/g" | \
+    sed "s/\${GROUP_ID}/${GROUP_ID}/g" | \
+    sed "s/\${HOME}/\/home\/theia/g" > /etc/group
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$THEIA_PORT" ]; then
     export THEIA_PORT=3000
 else