works in my container, why not in github action

.github/workflows/pylint-enstore-py-docker.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
        source /data/setup-enstore
        cd /__w/enstore/enstore
        export PYTHONPATH=`pwd`:`pwd`/src:`pwd`/HTMLgen:`pwd`/PyGreSQL:$PYTHONPATH
-       export USER=enstore
        coverage run -m pytest src/tests || printf "some unit test  exited code $?\n\n"
        coverage report --omit 'HTMgen/*','DBUtils/*','config-file*','/opt/*','src/tests/*','*/__init__.py'
        coverage html  --omit 'HTMgen/*','DBUtils/*','config-file*','/opt/*','src/tests/*','*/__init__.py'

src/log_client.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 This is a simple log client. It sends log messages to the log server  
 via port specified in the Log Server dictionary entry in the enstore  
 configuration file ( can be specified separately)                     
+
 """
 
 # system imports