PATH environment variable not set on initial terminal

[n-i-x]

I can't really test this on VSCode so I haven't done that.

I'm running code-server in a docker container and have exported PATH to include /usr/local/go/bin in the path. When loading the app, the initial terminal window does not have the PATH set. Any additional terminals have the path set properly. Opening a new Chrome tab and launching code-server has the same behavior.

To replicate my setup, you can use:

docker create
--name=code-server
-e PUID=1000
-e PGID=1000
-e TZ=America/New_York
-e DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/mods:code-server-python3|nixapps/codeserver-golang:latest
-p 8443:8443
-v /path/to/appdata/config:/config
--restart unless-stopped
linuxserver/code-server

You'll notice /usr/local/go/bin is not in the path at first but it will be if you open up another terminal.

[Grimeton]

Hi,

the environment is either inherited by the CodeServer's environment or not. If the first terminal does not have the PATH but the following ones do, something else is wrong.

Check how the first shell gets started and how the others are. If there's a difference there's a high chance that the PATH modification inside .bash_login, .bashrc, whatever is ignored because the shell is not a login or an interactive shell.

Cu

[jrebey]

I'm not setting PATH in a shell env file like .bash_login, .bashrc, etc. (which only works with bash and would be ignored by the default sh or another shell). I'm exporting it in the environment before running code-server.

[nhooyr]

Why are you using linuxserver/code-server? Does this occur on our docker image as well? codercom/code-server.

[nhooyr]

I'm exporting it in the environment before running code-server.

Are you directing Docker to pass it in with -e?

[nhooyr]

Oh sorry replied to wrong person.

Closing for lack of activity and no one else can reproduce.

[mwaeckerlin]

I have the same problem, this is my Dockerfile:

FROM mwaeckerlin/dockindock AS docker

FROM mwaeckerlin/nodejs-build AS build
ENV BUILD_PKGS "alpine-sdk bash libstdc++ libc6-compat npm python3 krb5-pkinit krb5-dev krb5 shadow"
ENV HOME /code
ENV FORCE_NODE_VERSION false
COPY --from=docker / /
USER root
RUN $PKG_INSTALL $BUILD_PKGS
RUN npm install -g code-server --unsafe-perm
RUN usermod -d ${HOME} ${RUN_USER}
RUN ${ALLOW_USER} ${HOME}
RUN rm -rf /app /home
COPY .profile ${HOME}/
ENV RUN_PKGS "git openssh rootlesskit"
RUN $PKG_INSTALL $RUN_PKGS

FROM mwaeckerlin/dockindock
ENV CONTAINERNAME "vscode"
ENV SHELL "/bin/bash"
ENV HOME "/code"
ENV XDG_RUNTIME_DIR "/docker"
ENV PATH "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/bin:$PATH"
ENV DOCKER_HOST "unix://${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/docker.sock"
COPY --from=build / /
CMD HOME=${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR} ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/bin/dockerd-rootless.sh & \
    /usr/local/bin/code-server --bind-addr 0.0.0.0:${PORT:-8080} \
                               --config ${HOME}/.config/config.yaml \
                               --user-data-dir ${HOME}/.config
WORKDIR ${HOME}
VOLUME ${HOME}
EXPOSE 8080

As you see, PATH is set in the environment before code-server is started.

Then in the vscode terminal:

7ad6627f896f:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
7ad6627f896f:~$ echo "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/bin:$PATH"
/docker/bin:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

As you can see, ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/bin, which resolves to /docker/bin is missing in my PATH!

Same problem with PS1, which is overwritten by code-server, and I cannot set it.

Also neither .profile nor .bashrc are executed; or at least variables set there are ignored.

[code-asher]

Are you sure files like .profile and .bashrc are not being read? If PATH or PS1 is being set in one of these files (or something like /etc/profile maybe) then they would overwrite the existing values, I think.

[code-asher]

Ah yup check this out:

$ docker run --rm -it mwaeckerlin/dockindock sh  
somebody@dockindock[57da347e5db7]:~$ head -n 1 /etc/profile
export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

It sets PS1 too.