by default fill in uid and gid

Signed-off-by: Charlie Drage <[email protected]>

packages/backend/src/api-impl.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { History } from './history';
 import * as containerUtils from './container-utils';
 import { Messages } from '/@shared/src/messages/Messages';
 import { telemetryLogger } from './extension';
-import { checkPrereqs, isLinux } from './machine-utils';
+import { checkPrereqs, isLinux, getUidGid } from './machine-utils';
 
 export class BootcApiImpl implements BootcApi {
   private history: History;
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ export class BootcApiImpl implements BootcApi {
     return isLinux();
   }
 
+  async getUidGid(): Promise<string> {
+    return getUidGid();
+  }
+
   // The API does not allow callbacks through the RPC, so instead
   // we send "notify" messages to the frontend to trigger a refresh
   // this method is internal and meant to be used by the API implementation

packages/backend/src/machine-utils.ts

@@ -138,3 +138,12 @@ const linux = os.platform() === 'linux';
 export function isLinux(): boolean {
   return linux;
 }
+
+// Get the GID and UID of the current user and return in the format gid:uid
+// in order for this to work, we must get this information from process.exec
+// since there is no native way via node
+export async function getUidGid(): Promise<string> {
+  const { stdout: uidOutput } = await extensionApi.process.exec('id', ['-u']);
+  const { stdout: gidOutput } = await extensionApi.process.exec('id', ['-g']);
+  return `${uidOutput.trim()}:${gidOutput.trim()}`;
+}

packages/frontend/src/Build.svelte

@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ async function fillArchitectures(historyInfo: BootcBuildInfo[]) {
   }
 }
 
+// This will fill the chown function by getting the user and group ID from the OS
+// and filling in the information in the chown input field.
+async function fillChownOption() {
+  try {
+    const gidUid = await bootcClient.getUidGid();
+    buildChown = gidUid;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error getting UID and GID:', error);
+  }
+}
+
 async function validate() {
   let prereqs = await bootcClient.checkPrereqs();
   if (prereqs) {
@@ -293,6 +304,10 @@ onMount(async () => {
   await fillBuildOptions(historyInfo);
   await fillArchitectures(historyInfo);
 
+  if (isLinux) {
+    await fillChownOption();
+  }
+
   validate();
 });
 
@@ -701,12 +716,13 @@ export function goToHomePage(): void {
                         name="chown"
                         id="chown"
                         bind:value={buildChown}
-                        placeholder="GID and UID parameters (ex. 1000:1000)"
+                        placeholder="UID and GID parameters (ex. 1000:1000)"
                         class="w-full"
                         aria-label="chown-select" />
                     </div>
                     <p class="text-sm text-[var(--pd-content-text)] pt-2">
-                      This option allows you to change the owner and group of the files in the output directory.
+                      Linux only. By default the UID and GID of the current user is used. This option allows you to
+                      change the owner and group of the files in the output directory.
                     </p>
                   </div>
                 {/if}

packages/shared/src/BootcAPI.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export abstract class BootcApi {
   abstract generateUniqueBuildID(name: string): Promise<string>;
   abstract openLink(link: string): Promise<void>;
   abstract isLinux(): Promise<boolean>;
+  abstract getUidGid(): Promise<string>;
   abstract telemetryLogUsage(eventName: string, data?: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): Promise<void>;
   abstract telemetryLogError(eventName: string, data?: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): Promise<void>;
 }