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Windows Subsystem for Linux items I need to remember

wsl

Windows Subsystem for Linux items I need to remember

Commands to Remember

  • wsl --list --verbose # list wsl distros
  • wsl --set-version <WSL Distro from --list> 1 # sets version to 1
  • wsl --install
  • wsl --update
  • wsl --shutdown
  • wsl --set-default-version 2
  • wsl -d

Password Reset if you don't remember your default user password

Basically, reset your WSL Linux distro to set your default-user to root. Login is as root, fix your users password Reset, default user configuration.

Distribution App Windows Command
Ubuntu ubuntu config –default-user root
Ubuntu 20.04 ubuntu2004 config –default-user root
Ubuntu 18.04 ubuntu1804 config –default-user root
Debian debian config –default-user root
Kali Linux kali config –default-user root 
ubuntu2004 config --default-user root
wsl
passwd <username>
<newpasswd>
<newpasswd>
exit
ubuntu2004 config --default-user root
wsl

Source: https://itsfoss.com/reset-linux-password-wsl/

IPv4 and Internal Proxy Issues with apt

# /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ipv4onlyforinternalproxy
Acquire::ForceIPv4=true;

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://proxy.server:80/";

WSL2 on a Laptop with VPN

  • Where $VPN is your VPN vendor or implementation
  • May need to run this every time you connect
  • Must be admin to run
$VPN="Cisco AnyConnect"
Get-NetIPInterface -InterfaceAlias "vEthernet (WSL)" | Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceMetric 1
Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.InterfaceDescription -Match "$VPN"} | Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceMetric 6000

Podman on WSL