Show pagesourceBack to top Share via Share via... Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Yammer RedditRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × Table of Contents Storage SSH agent Networking Troubleshooting can't chmod in WSL2 Linux Subsystem for Windows (WSL) The newest version of the Linux system inside a Windows system is WSL2, you should only use that one. Storage WSL files are stored in $(home)\AppData\Local\lxss\ (or \\wsl$\Ubuntu as shorthand) By default, this folder is invisible to Windows Explorer, even if "Show Hidden Folders" is enabled. File permissions SSH agent If you want to forward your Windows SSH agent into the WSL2 environment, you have to pipe it through, e.g. by using npiperelay.1 Networking Accessing network applications with WSL Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Windows Subsystem for Linux can't chmod in WSL2 Edit the wsl.conf in the distributions /etc to sync metadata with Windows.2 /etc/wsl.conf [automount] options = "metadata" Afterwards, wsl --shutdown (shuts down all distributions!) in Powershell. [1] source: https://dracos.co.uk/wrote/wsl/ [2] source: chmod WSL (Bash) doesn't work - Stack Overflow Last modified: 2023-05-05 20:41