Cannot run sudo command

[DPyro]

I just upgraded windows subsystem for linux to the latest version and now I get this error when using sudo:

sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

sudo -S works. How to fix?

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

I think you have to set up sudo for your account.

 

Log in to the system as the root user.

 

Create a normal user account using the useradd command. Replace USERNAME with the user name that you wish to create.

 

# useradd USERNAME

Set a password for the new user using the passwd command.

 

# passwd USERNAME 
Changing password for user USERNAME. 
New password: 
Retype new password: 
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

 

[Barney T. Administrators]

What distro are you using. Some distros use su instead of sudo (such as Debian). SU is the command for "superuser".

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

Sudo -S sounds like arch to me. If sudo -S works, it should work without the -S...

[Eric Veteran]

I've never had it require administrator privileges. It defaulted to considering me root. (Since Ubuntu on Windows is technically an app it should have a different instance for each Windows user.)

 

 

[DPyro]

This is in Microsoft subsystem for linux. It's something to do with tty not working to read the password, hence -s

 

EDIT: Apparently it's a known issues which has been fixed in latest insider build.

https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/927

Edited September 1, 2016 by DPyro