Docker COPY copies as root even i set USER

RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash --no-user-group -g 1000 -u 1337 alex

USER alex

WORKDIR /var/www/html

COPY composer* .

COPY  . .

I set USER to alex before COPY , But all the files will created as root, Why ? (WSL2)

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Level 102

Try this instead

Copy --chown alex:alex composer* .

Level 13

@Sinnbeck It working thanks, But can you say why is that ? Because i recall i saw some turorial that they set USER and dont need chown

Level 102

@untymage never seen it used like that so I don't know sadly

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