run_code as a user instead of root

[mishushakov]

• Jupyter Server and Code Interpreter are started as a non-privileged user
• Changes file paths to user home directory (/home/user)
• Adds logging to Jupyter Server and Code Interpreter (before was /dev/zero, not sure if on purpose)

Sample code

const code = await sbx.runCode(`import getpass; print(getpass.getuser())`)
console.log(code.logs);

before

{
  stdout: [ "root\n" ],
  stderr: [],
}

after

{
  stdout: [ "user\n" ],
  stderr: [],
}

[linear]

E2B-2123 Permissions: calling `run_code` as a different user

[jakubno]

This won't be probably backwards compatible right?

Can I specify if I want run something as root?

[mishushakov]

Not backwards-compatible. You cannot specify the user, the kernels start as same user as Jupyter. There is a possible some workaround suggested by ChatGPT but it's a bit inconvenient:

[jakubno]

I think we just need to be able to pass user. Otherwise, someone might need to run something as root, leading to the same issue.