[lj3]

> 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?

[kyriakos]

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

[JdeBP]

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

[lj3]

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

[pugwash]

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

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

[JorgeGT]

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