diff --git a/.devcontainer/README.md b/.devcontainer/README.md
index 6299e6f..79f221d 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/README.md
+++ b/.devcontainer/README.md
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ Changes you can make are notably:
 
 - Changes to the Docker image in [Dockerfile](Dockerfile)
 - Changes to VSCode **settings** and **extensions** in [devcontainer.json](devcontainer.json).
-- Change the entrypoint script by adding a bind mount in [devcontainer.json](devcontainer.json) of a shell script to `/root/.welcome.sh` to replace the [current welcome script](https://github.com/qdm12/basedevcontainer/blob/master/shell/.welcome.sh). For example:
+- Change the entrypoint script by adding a bind mount in [devcontainer.json](devcontainer.json) of a shell script to `/home/user/.welcome.sh` to replace the [current welcome script](https://github.com/qdm12/basedevcontainer/blob/master/shell/.welcome.sh). For example:
 
     ```json
     // Welcome script
     {
         "source": "/yourpath/.welcome.sh",
-        "target": "/root/.welcome.sh",
+        "target": "/home/user/.welcome.sh",
         "type": "bind"
     },
     ```
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 1ef7de2..19c99a1 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
         // Zsh commands history persistence
         {
             "source": "${localEnv:HOME}/.zsh_history",
-            "target": "/root/.zsh_history",
+            "target": "/home/user/.zsh_history",
             "type": "bind"
         },
         // Git configuration file
         {
             "source": "${localEnv:HOME}/.gitconfig",
-            "target": "/root/.gitconfig",
+            "target": "/home/user/.gitconfig",
             "type": "bind"
         },
         // SSH directory for Linux, OSX and WSL
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22946b0..a0234e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Base Alpine development container for Visual Studio Code, used as base image by
 - Contains the packages:
   - `libstdc++`: needed by the VS code server
   - `zsh`: main shell instead of `/bin/sh`
+  - `sudo`: run commands as root if needed
   - `git`: interact with Git repositories
   - `openssh-client`: use SSH keys
   - `nano`: edit files from the terminal
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ Base Alpine development container for Visual Studio Code, used as base image by
 - Docker uses buildkit by default, with the latest Docker client binary.
 - Extensible with docker-compose.yml
 - Supports SSH keys with Linux, OSX and Windows
+- Runs without root as `user` (uid 1000 and gid 1000) user but you can run Docker without sudo and can use sudo if needed
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -130,18 +132,20 @@ You can build and extend the Docker development image to suit your needs.
             RUN echo "alias ls='ls -al'" >> ~/.zshrc
             ```
 
-        - Add some Alpine packages:
+        - Add some Alpine packages, you will need to switch to `root`:
 
             ```Dockerfile
             FROM qmcgaw/basedevcontainer
+            USER root
             RUN apk add bind-tools
+            USER user
             ```
 
     1. Modify `.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml` and add `build: .` in the vscode service.
     1. Open the command palette in Visual Studio Code (CTRL+SHIFT+P)
     1. Select `Dev-Containers: Rebuild Container`
 
-- You can bind mount a file at `/root/.welcome.sh` to modify the welcome message.
+- You can bind mount a file at `/home/user/.welcome.sh` to modify the welcome message (use `/root/.welcome.sh` for `root`)
 
 ## TODO
 
diff --git a/alpine.Dockerfile b/alpine.Dockerfile
index 4636e4b..800c999 100644
--- a/alpine.Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine.Dockerfile
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ LABEL \
     org.opencontainers.image.title="Base Dev container" \
     org.opencontainers.image.description="Base Alpine development container for Visual Studio Code Dev Containers development"
 ENV BASE_VERSION="${VERSION}-${CREATED}-${COMMIT}"
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=1000
 
 # CA certificates
 RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache ca-certificates
@@ -39,16 +41,26 @@ RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache ca-certificates
 RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache tzdata
 ENV TZ=
 
+# Setup non root user with sudo access
+RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache sudo
+WORKDIR /home/user
+RUN adduser user -s /bin/sh -D -u $USER_UID $USER_GID && \
+    mkdir -p /etc/sudoers.d && \
+    echo user ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/user && \
+    chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/user
+
 # Setup Git and SSH
 RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache git mandoc git-doc openssh-client
-COPY .ssh.sh /root/
-RUN chmod +x /root/.ssh.sh
-# Retro-compatibility symlink
-RUN ln -s /root/.ssh.sh /root/.windows.sh
+COPY --chown=0:0 .ssh.sh /root/
+RUN chmod +x /root/.ssh.sh && \
+    cp /root/.ssh.sh /home/user/.ssh.sh && \
+    chown ${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /home/user/.ssh.sh && \
+    # Retro-compatibility symlinks
+    ln -s /root/.ssh.sh /root/.windows.sh && \
+    ln -s /home/user/.ssh.sh /home/user/.windows.sh
 
-WORKDIR /root
 
-# Setup shell for root and ${USERNAME}
+# Setup shell for root and user
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/zsh" ]
 RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache zsh nano zsh-vcs
 ENV EDITOR=nano \
@@ -56,40 +68,65 @@ ENV EDITOR=nano \
     # MacOS compatibility
     TERM=xterm
 RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache shadow && \
+    usermod --shell /bin/zsh user && \
     usermod --shell /bin/zsh root && \
     apk del shadow
 
-COPY shell/.zshrc shell/.welcome.sh /root/
-RUN git clone --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh
-
-COPY shell/.p10k.zsh /root/
-RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache zsh-theme-powerlevel10k gitstatus && \
-    ln -s /usr/share/zsh/plugins/powerlevel10k ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k
+COPY --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} shell/.zshrc shell/.welcome.sh /home/user/
+RUN cp /home/user/.zshrc /root/.zshrc && \
+    cp /home/user/.welcome.sh /root/.welcome.sh && \
+    chown 0:0 /root/.zshrc /root/.welcome.sh && \
+    sed -i "s/HOMEPATH/home\/user/" /home/user/.zshrc && \
+    sed -i "s/HOMEPATH/root/" /root/.zshrc
+RUN git clone --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git /home/user/.oh-my-zsh && \
+    chown ${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} -R /home/user/.oh-my-zsh && \
+    cp -r /home/user/.oh-my-zsh /root/.oh-my-zsh && \
+    chown 0:0 -R /root/.oh-my-zsh
+
+COPY shell/.p10k.zsh /home/user/
+RUN ln -s /home/user/.p10k.zsh /root/.p10k.zsh && \
+    apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache zsh-theme-powerlevel10k gitstatus && \
+    ln -s /usr/share/zsh/plugins/powerlevel10k /root/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k && \
+    ln -s /usr/share/zsh/plugins/powerlevel10k /home/user/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k
 
 # Docker CLI
-COPY --from=docker /bin /usr/local/bin/docker
+COPY --from=docker --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/local/bin/docker
 ENV DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+# All possible docker host groups
+RUN G102=`getent group 102 | cut -d":" -f 1` && \
+    G976=`getent group 976 | cut -d":" -f 1` && \
+    G1000=`getent group 1000 | cut -d":" -f 1` && \
+    if [ -z $G102 ]; then G102=docker102; addgroup --gid 102 $G102; fi && \
+    if [ -z $G976 ]; then G976=docker976; addgroup --gid 976 $G976; fi && \
+    if [ -z $G1000 ]; then G1000=docker1000; addgroup --gid 1000 $G1000; fi && \
+    addgroup user $G102 && \
+    addgroup user $G976 && \
+    addgroup user $G1000
 
 # Docker compose
-COPY --from=compose /bin /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+COPY --from=compose --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
 ENV COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
-RUN echo "alias docker-compose='docker compose'" >> /root/.zshrc
+RUN echo "alias docker-compose='docker compose'" >> /home/user/.zshrc && \
+    echo "alias docker-compose='docker compose'" >> /root/.zshrc
 
 # Buildx plugin
-COPY --from=buildx /bin /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+COPY --from=buildx --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
 
 # Logo ls
-COPY --from=logo-ls /bin /usr/local/bin/logo-ls
-RUN echo "alias ls='logo-ls'" >> /root/.zshrc
+COPY --from=logo-ls --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/local/bin/logo-ls
+RUN echo "alias ls='logo-ls'" >> /home/user/.zshrc && \
+    echo "alias ls='logo-ls'" >> /root/.zshrc
 
 # Bit
-COPY --from=bit /bin /usr/local/bin/bit
+COPY --from=bit --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/local/bin/bit
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 RUN if [ "${TARGETPLATFORM}" != "linux/s390x" ]; then echo "y" | bit complete; fi
 
-COPY --from=gh /bin /usr/local/bin/gh
+COPY --from=gh --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/local/bin/gh
 
-COPY --from=devtainr /devtainr /usr/local/bin/devtainr
+COPY --from=devtainr --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /devtainr /usr/local/bin/devtainr
 
 # VSCode specific (speed up setup)
 RUN apk add -q --update --progress --no-cache libstdc++
+
+USER user
diff --git a/debian.Dockerfile b/debian.Dockerfile
index 59e1e3a..025d541 100644
--- a/debian.Dockerfile
+++ b/debian.Dockerfile
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ LABEL \
     org.opencontainers.image.title="Base Dev container Debian" \
     org.opencontainers.image.description="Base Debian development container for Visual Studio Code Dev Containers development"
 ENV BASE_VERSION="${VERSION}-${CREATED}-${COMMIT}"
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=1000
 
 # CA certificates
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
@@ -43,6 +45,18 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && \
     rm -r /var/cache/* /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 ENV TZ=
 
+# Setup non root user with sudo access
+RUN apt-get update -y && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends sudo && \
+    rm -r /var/cache/* /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+WORKDIR /home/user
+RUN addgroup --gid $USER_GID user && \
+    useradd user --shell /bin/sh --create-home --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID && \
+    mkdir -p /etc/sudoers.d && \
+    echo user ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/user && \
+    chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/user && \
+    rm /var/log/faillog /var/log/lastlog
+
 # Setup Git and SSH
 # Workaround for older Debian in order to be able to sign commits
 RUN echo "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
@@ -52,12 +66,15 @@ RUN echo "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main" >> /etc/apt/sources.l
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends man openssh-client less && \
     rm -r /var/cache/* /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-COPY .ssh.sh /root/
-RUN chmod +x /root/.ssh.sh
-# Retro-compatibility symlink
-RUN  ln -s /root/.ssh.sh /root/.windows.sh
-
-# Setup shell
+COPY --chown=0:0 .ssh.sh /root/
+RUN chmod +x /root/.ssh.sh && \
+    cp /root/.ssh.sh /home/user/.ssh.sh && \
+    chown ${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /home/user/.ssh.sh && \
+    # Retro-compatibility symlinks
+    ln -s /root/.ssh.sh /root/.windows.sh && \
+    ln -s /home/user/.ssh.sh /home/user/.windows.sh
+
+# Setup shell for root and user
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/zsh" ]
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends zsh nano locales wget && \
@@ -72,37 +89,63 @@ RUN echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/environment && \
     echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen && \
     echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf && \
     locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
-RUN usermod --shell /bin/zsh root
-
-COPY shell/.zshrc shell/.welcome.sh /root/
-RUN git clone --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh
+RUN usermod --shell /bin/zsh user && \
+    usermod --shell /bin/zsh root
+
+COPY --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} shell/.zshrc shell/.welcome.sh /home/user/
+RUN cp /home/user/.zshrc /root/.zshrc && \
+    cp /home/user/.welcome.sh /root/.welcome.sh && \
+    chown 0:0 /root/.zshrc /root/.welcome.sh && \
+    sed -i "s/HOMEPATH/home\/user/" /home/user/.zshrc && \
+    sed -i "s/HOMEPATH/root/" /root/.zshrc
+RUN git clone --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git /home/user/.oh-my-zsh && \
+    chown ${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} -R /home/user/.oh-my-zsh && \
+    cp -r /home/user/.oh-my-zsh /root/.oh-my-zsh && \
+    chown 0:0 -R /root/.oh-my-zsh
 
 ARG POWERLEVEL10K_VERSION=v1.16.1
-COPY shell/.p10k.zsh /root/
-RUN git clone --branch ${POWERLEVEL10K_VERSION} --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k && \
-    rm -rf ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k/.git
+COPY shell/.p10k.zsh /home/user/
+RUN ln -s /home/user/.p10k.zsh /root/.p10k.zsh && \
+    git clone --branch ${POWERLEVEL10K_VERSION} --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git /home/user/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k && \
+    rm -rf /home/user/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k/.git && \
+    chown -R ${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /home/user/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k && \
+    ln -s /home/user/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k /root/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel10k
 
 # Docker CLI
 COPY --from=docker /bin /usr/local/bin/docker
 ENV DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+# All possible docker host groups
+RUN G102=`getent group 102 | cut -d":" -f 1` && \
+    G976=`getent group 976 | cut -d":" -f 1` && \
+    G1000=`getent group 1000 | cut -d":" -f 1` && \
+    if [ -z $G102 ]; then G102=docker102; addgroup --gid 102 $G102; fi && \
+    if [ -z $G976 ]; then G976=docker976; addgroup --gid 976 $G976; fi && \
+    if [ -z $G1000 ]; then G1000=docker1000; addgroup --gid 1000 $G1000; fi && \
+    usermod -a -G $G102 user && \
+    usermod -a -G $G976 user && \
+    usermod -a -G $G1000 user
 
 # Docker compose
-COPY --from=compose /bin /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+COPY --from=compose --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
 ENV COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
-RUN echo "alias docker-compose='docker compose'" >> /root/.zshrc
+RUN echo "alias docker-compose='docker compose'" >> /home/user/.zshrc && \
+    echo "alias docker-compose='docker compose'" >> /root/.zshrc
 
 # Buildx plugin
-COPY --from=buildx /bin /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+COPY --from=buildx --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
 
 # Logo ls
-COPY --from=logo-ls /bin /usr/local/bin/logo-ls
-RUN echo "alias ls='logo-ls'" >> /root/.zshrc
+COPY --from=logo-ls --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/local/bin/logo-ls
+RUN echo "alias ls='logo-ls'" >> /home/user/.zshrc && \
+    echo "alias ls='logo-ls'" >> /root/.zshrc
 
 # Bit
-COPY --from=bit /bin /usr/local/bin/bit
+COPY --from=bit --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/local/bin/bit
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 RUN if [ "${TARGETPLATFORM}" != "linux/s390x" ]; then echo "y" | bit complete; fi
 
-COPY --from=gh /bin /usr/local/bin/gh
+COPY --from=gh --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /bin /usr/local/bin/gh
+
+COPY --from=devtainr --chown=${USER_UID}:${USER_GID} /devtainr /usr/local/bin/devtainr
 
-COPY --from=devtainr /devtainr /usr/local/bin/devtainr
+USER user
diff --git a/shell/.zshrc b/shell/.zshrc
index 2bb1636..c523390 100644
--- a/shell/.zshrc
+++ b/shell/.zshrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ZSH=/root/.oh-my-zsh
+ZSH=/HOMEPATH/.oh-my-zsh
 ZSH_CUSTOM=$ZSH/custom
 POWERLEVEL9K_DISABLE_CONFIGURATION_WIZARD=true
 ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"
@@ -21,8 +21,20 @@ test -S /var/run/docker.sock
 [ "$?" = 0 ] && DOCKERSOCK_OK=yes
 [ -z $DOCKERSOCK_OK ] && >&2 echo "[WARNING] Docker socket not found, docker will not be available"
 
+# Fixing permission on Docker socket
+if [ ! -z $DOCKERSOCK_OK ]; then
+  DOCKERSOCK_USER=`stat -c "%u" /var/run/docker.sock`
+  DOCKERSOCK_GROUP=`stat -c "%g" /var/run/docker.sock`
+  if [ "$DOCKERSOCK_GROUP" != "1000" ] && [ "$DOCKERSOCK_GROUP" != "102" ] && [ "$DOCKERSOCK_GROUP" != "976" ]; then
+    echo "Docker socket not owned by group IDs 1000, 102 or 976, changing its group to `id -g`"
+    sudo chown $DOCKERSOCK_USER:`id -g` /var/run/docker.sock
+    sudo chmod 770 /var/run/docker.sock
+  fi
+fi
+
 echo
 echo "Base version: $BASE_VERSION"
+echo "Running as `whoami`"
 where code &> /dev/null && echo "VS code server `code -v | head -n 1`"
 if [ ! -z $DOCKERSOCK_OK ]; then
   echo "Docker server `docker version --format {{.Server.Version}}` | client `docker version --format {{.Client.Version}}`"