Permission issue using remote development extension to attach to a docker image

Question

I have added current user to docker group and I'm able to run docker commands like docker run hello-world in terminal opened in vscode with no problem, but vscode doesn't let me attach to a running container, giving "current user does not have permission to run docker. Try adding the user to the 'docker' group" error message. My system is Ubuntu 18.04, VS code is 1.39.0-insider

Answer 1

If you've not already created a docker group

sudo groupadd docker

Then

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Then log out and back in (or reboot) again.