symtoms

vscode remote container with docker

[379 ms] Start: Run in container: cat /etc/passwd
[382 ms] Start: Run in container: test -d /nonexistent/.vscode-server
[383 ms] Exit code 1
[384 ms] Start: Run in container: set -o noclobber ; mkdir -p '/nonexistent/.vscode-server/data/Machine' && { > '/nonexistent/.vscode-server/data/Machine/.writeMachineSettingsMarker' ; } 2> /dev/null
[386 ms] mkdir: cannot create directory '/nonexistent': Permission denied

cause

vscode tried to make execute binary in container user’s home directory, but it doesn’t exist.

solution

make home dir in dockerfiles or do it directly