Sudo required while running coala/base using docker

[newbazz]

difficulty/newcomer

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[Makman2]

@newbazz what do you want to change specifically actually?

[CaptainDredge]

I think newbazz wanted to change some command in documentation which requires sudo to be written but he has not mentioned where he want changes to be done!

[Makman2]

we should be always careful with sudo because it depends on the environment. Some don't even have sudo available, or they already have root rights. This really depends on the system^^

[CaptainDredge]

Yup! you're right. Let newbazz clear what he wants then!

[Makman2]

And I think it's usually safe-explanatory to use root-rights if something is globally installed. And actually the usual docker installation involves to add a package repository, which forwards this problem to the package manager used.

[vibhanshuvaibhav]

@newbazz I am a newcomer and with more specific details about the changes to be made in coala/documentation, I would be able to work on this.

[newbazz]

@Makman2 while i was making a fresh install using docker image, it always gave some permission denied error and I then had to run it using sudo so i filed this issue ;P

[Makman2]

Don't we defer the docker installation instructions to the official docker documentation?

[Makman2]

And are you talking actually about running the coala/base image or installing docker itself?

[newbazz]

running the coala/base image.

[Makman2]

That shouldn't be written in the docs with sudo. Usually users add their username to the docker group so they can access docker functionality without being root, this is very common.

I would vote for closing this issue as invalid, this highly depends on the user setup, and people should read the official docker docs.

@newbazz what do you think? ;)

[newbazz]

@Makman2 yeah i agree in your view. I am than closing it.

[newbazz]

Closing due to invalid issue.