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   Needs-TriageIt's a new issue that the core contributor team needs to triage at the next triage meetingIt's a new issue that the core contributor team needs to triage at the next triage meeting

   on Jul 31, 2019
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3. Fernando (fthomasella)

   changed the title [-]Abble to access with root user without sudo.[/-] [+]Able to access with root user without sudo.[/+] on Jul 31, 2019
4. zadjii-msft commented on Jul 31, 2019

   

   Mike Griese (zadjii-msft)

   on Jul 31, 2019

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   Huh. Not sure how we'd be able to fix that.

   When we're setting up the default linux profiles, we're setting them up with the commandline wsl.exe -d <distroname>. That means we're skipping the app's install process entirely, and just asking wsl to launch that distro. The app's executable (ubuntu.exe) is the actual exe respo;nsible for the install process, wsl.exe doesn't know anything about it. In fact, the app might not even have an initial setup step. I'm also fairly certain there's no stable distro <-> executable mapping that we can rely on, which is why we're using wsl to launch the distro instead of ubuntu

   Summoning Ben Hillis (@benhillis) who might have some ideas here, but I'm not certain there's much we can do about this.
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   on Jul 31, 2019
6. DHowett-MSFT commented on Aug 1, 2019

   

   Dustin L. Howett (MSFT) (DHowett-MSFT)

   on Aug 1, 2019

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   The problem is, though, that the distribution is not registered until you've run ubuntu.exe or whatever.exe. Once you have run it, it is fair game. This torn state can happen even if you use wsl.exe -d <distro> directly.

   In fact, if you run ubuntu.exe, stop in the middle of setup, and then run ubuntu.exe AGAIN you will log in as root.

   The customization steps are fully dictated by the distribution's installer author. If you abort in the middle of them, you are inviting all sorts of unusual behavior. This isn't something the terminal can fix, and this also isn't something WSL can fix.
7. Dustin L. Howett (MSFT) (DHowett-MSFT)

   closed this as completedon Aug 1, 2019
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   Resolution-By-DesignIt's supposed to be this way. Sometimes for compatibility reasons.It's supposed to be this way. Sometimes for compatibility reasons.

   on Aug 1, 2019