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Documentation for exec_run()

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Description

The default user is an empty string, but the docs say it is root. I had to manually specify the user as root in order to run commands as root on a container object. The privileged flag does not seem to have any use.

https://docker-py.readthedocs.io/en/stable/containers.html#docker.models.containers.Container.exec_run
The relevant documentation appears to be the same in 4.1.0 (installed), stable, and latest.

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Start at Container.exec_run() and its documentation at the linked containers.html section, comparing the documented default user and privileged flag with the behavior reported in the issue. Update the exec_run() documentation to match the supported behavior, then verify the rendered section no longer claims the default user is root and accurately describes privileged.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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