Installing not succesful, service could not be found, Interactive authentication required

[Joetjah]

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, installed through the Windows Store, but installing gives the following error:

joetjah@X:~/wsl-vpn$ sudo ./wsl-vpnkit-setup.sh --no-docker
[sudo] password for joetjah:
joetjah ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service wsl-vpnkit *
Setup complete!
Unit wsl-vpnkit.service could not be found.
Failed to start wsl-vpnkit.service: Unit wsl-vpnkit.service not found.

When trying to run the service manually, I get the following error:

joetjah@X:~/wsl-vpn$ service wsl-vpnkit status > /dev/null || service wsl-vpnkit start
Unit wsl-vpnkit.service could not be found.
Failed to start wsl-vpnkit.service: Interactive authentication required.
See system logs and 'systemctl status wsl-vpnkit.service' for details.

Any ideas?

[andyneff]

Does the file /etc/init.d/wsl-vpnkit exist?

[Joetjah]

Yes:

#!/usr/bin/env sh

WSLVPNKIT_PATH="/usr/local/bin/wsl-vpnkit-start.sh"
PID_PATH="/var/run/wsl-vpnkit.pid"
LOG_PATH="/var/log/wsl-vpnkit.log"

cmd="/sbin/start-stop-daemon --startas /bin/sh --make-pidfile --remove-pidfile --pidfile ${PID_PATH}"
ret=0

start()
{
  # using `wsl.exe` allows the daemon to keep running in the background even when you close your terminal
  "/mnt/c/Windows/system32/wsl.exe" -d "Ubuntu" --user root -- $cmd --oknodo --background --start -- -c "exec ${WSLVPNKIT_PATH} >> ${LOG_PATH} 2>&1"
  ret=$?
}

stop()
{
  $cmd --oknodo --stop
  ret=$?
}

status()
{
  $cmd --status
  ret=$?
  echo "status is $ret"
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;
  stop)
    stop
    ;;
  status)
    status
    ;;
  restart)
    stop
    start
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: wsl-vpnkit {start|stop|restart|status}"
    exit 1
esac

exit $ret

[donfiguerres]

You Need to add the headers to that script.

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          my-service-name
# Required-Start:    $all
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: your description here
### END INIT INFO

Then enable the service

sudo systemctl enable wsl-vpnkit

reference: https://serverfault.com/a/897193/485373