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SQL Server 2019 on Docker no longer runs as root by default

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In my home lab I have an Ubuntu virtual machine that runs both SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019 in Docker containers.

After SQL Server 2019 Release Candidate 1 was released, when I performed my usual migration to get the latest version, I noticed that the command line for the SQL Server instance was different.

I used sudo docker ps -a --no-trunc to see the full command, which is emulated below (note: this output is heavily abbreviated).

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