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## Running as alternate user/group ID

By default, the container will switch to user ID 1000 and group ID 1000;
however, you can override those values by setting `UID` and/or `GID` as environmental entries, during the `docker run` command.
By default, the container will switch to and run the Minecraft server as user ID 1000 and group ID 1000; however, that can be changed by setting the environment variables `UID` and `GID`.

-e UID=1234
-e GID=1234

The container will also skip user switching if the `--user`/`-u` argument
is passed to `docker run`.
The startup will also skip user switching if the `--user`/`-u` argument is passed to `docker run` or `user` is set on the compose service.

## Extra Arguments

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