Run container as root

Since the container uses volumes the user the container is running under needs write access to these volumes. This must be configured from the outside and maybe complicated. See ipfs/kubo#6040 and ipfs/kubo#5048
oscoin · Mar 15, 2019 · ce08162 · ce08162
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 FROM ipfs/go-ipfs:v0.4.19
 
+# Running as non-root user has some issues. Future go-ipfs images will
+# be running as root again. See https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/6040
+USER 0
+
 # Default for running the 'ipfs' binary in the container.
 ENV IPFS_PATH=/data/1