diff --git a/dogfood/Dockerfile b/dogfood/Dockerfile
index 57520ddef67a7..fdd72f0840b00 100644
--- a/dogfood/Dockerfile
+++ b/dogfood/Dockerfile
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 # the default mirror with teraswitch.
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes ca-certificates
 
-COPY --chown=root:root files /
+COPY files /
 
 # Install packages from apt repositories
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
diff --git a/dogfood/files/etc/sudoers.d/nopasswd b/dogfood/files/etc/sudoers.d/nopasswd
index 3283f4455630c..416d0811fcf40 100644
--- a/dogfood/files/etc/sudoers.d/nopasswd
+++ b/dogfood/files/etc/sudoers.d/nopasswd
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+# Allow the Coder user to execute sudo without a password
 coder ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL