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0 pointslj39y ago0 comments

> Definitely worked with just apt-get for me.

The install worked, but running it was a different story. It would spit out an error after every command. Like I said, this was a while back. It's probably fixed now.

> Huh? It does not run as root by default.

When I run bash.exe, I'm greeted with this prompt

  root@DESKTOP-F7NGQJX:~# pwd
  /root

What do you see?

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kyriakos9y ago

The first version only run as root. From the second release they added user creation when installing.

JdeBP9y ago

Actually, the first version never ran as root. It always ran as you, incorrectly reporting the user account.

lj3OP9y ago

Great! Maybe I should remove it and re-install and see if I can trigger that.

pugwash9y ago

No need, you can use lxrun /setdefaultuser to change it.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/user_suppor...

JorgeGT9y ago

In the latest build the installation script asks you to create an Unix user that becomes the default user (with sudo rights).

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