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    Nice, thanks. Do you know why Linux doesn't accept usernames but accepts UIDs and GIDs ? Commented Jun 23, 2018 at 17:21
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    It doesn't know about them - they're local to your Docker instance. Commented Jun 23, 2018 at 20:37
  • In the container it says nodbody and nogroup for me and wont let me write to the files/directory (using ls -l) Commented Nov 8, 2023 at 3:24
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    Hello @TheFloatingBrain, that sounds like it may be a different issue. You can ask a new question, and if you think this question/answer is relevant by all means reference it in your question Commented Nov 8, 2023 at 8:15
  • @ChrisDavies Actually I already did haha unix.stackexchange.com/questions/760914/… Commented Nov 8, 2023 at 16:50