diff --git a/changelog.d/16978.docker b/changelog.d/16978.docker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e095c6aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/16978.docker
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated start.py to generate config using the correct user ID when running as root (fixes #16824, #15202).
diff --git a/docker/start.py b/docker/start.py
index 12c444da9a..818a5355ca 100755
--- a/docker/start.py
+++ b/docker/start.py
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ def run_generate_config(environ: Mapping[str, str], ownership: Optional[str]) ->
config_path = environ.get("SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH", config_dir + "/homeserver.yaml")
data_dir = environ.get("SYNAPSE_DATA_DIR", "/data")
- if ownership is not None:
- # make sure that synapse has perms to write to the data dir.
- log(f"Setting ownership on {data_dir} to {ownership}")
- subprocess.run(["chown", ownership, data_dir], check=True)
-
# create a suitable log config from our template
log_config_file = "%s/%s.log.config" % (config_dir, server_name)
if not os.path.exists(log_config_file):
@@ -189,9 +184,15 @@ def run_generate_config(environ: Mapping[str, str], ownership: Optional[str]) ->
"--generate-config",
"--open-private-ports",
]
+
+ if ownership is not None:
+ # make sure that synapse has perms to write to the data dir.
+ log(f"Setting ownership on {data_dir} to {ownership}")
+ subprocess.run(["chown", ownership, data_dir], check=True)
+ args = ["gosu", ownership] + args
+
# log("running %s" % (args, ))
- flush_buffers()
- os.execv(sys.executable, args)
+ subprocess.run(args, check=True)
def main(args: List[str], environ: MutableMapping[str, str]) -> None:
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