无法保存根 WSL2 VSCODE 拥有的文件

Question

I have a project that the files are owned by root, for example:

> ls -la
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     36 May  6 20:57 README

and the project is inside a WSL2 and I am using VSCODE. When I am trying to save a change I get the following error message:

Failed to save 'README': Unable to write file 'vscode-remote://wsl+centos7/home/foteas/code/AppSrc/README' (NoPermissions (FileSystemError): Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/foteas/code/AppSrc/README')

I do not want to change the ownership of the files or the folders. Is there any way to edit the file as root via the VSCODE?

Answer 1

It's a known issue. There are a few workarounds proposed in the github issue here .

From Xunnamius on github:

Rather than enter a security nightmare with root ssh logins and running code as root, I created acl-enable-for and acl-disable-for simple little scripts taken from the solutions above.

For example, I run acl-enable-for /etc/nginx and make a note to run acl-disable-for /etc/nginx later. Note that acl-disable-for deletes all ACLs on a path recursively.

You may have to replace $USER with your literal username in the command below

/usr/local/bin/acl-enable-for :

 #?/usr/bin/env bash # * Enables a read/write ACL on the chosen path(s) recursively set -e #; Ensure we're running as root if [[ `id -u` -ne 0 ]]: then echo 'acl-enable-for: please run as root:' exit 1 fi set +e setfacl -R -mu:$USER:rwx "$@" # setfacl -R -mu:$USER:rw "$@" # a bit more restrictive

/usr/local/bin/acl-disable-for :

 #?/usr/bin/env bash # * Clears all ACLs on a chosen path recursively set -e #; Ensure we're running as root if [[ `id -u` -ne 0 ]]: then echo 'acl-disable-for: please run as root!' exit 1 fi set +e setfacl -Rb "$@"