SoCalRox 246 Posted January 18 Am I correct that WSL installs require admin authority? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason S. 1,495 Posted January 18 can you elaborate? what's admin authority? admin rights? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brandon H 2,844 Posted January 18 you mean Windows Subsystem for Linux correct? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 the answer is yes and no to install the initial back end service you need admin yes; to install the distribution from the Microsoft Store you don't once the distribution is installed it works just like command prompt / powershell; it will run in normal user mode by default, if you need sudo/root then it will ask for admin permissions. or you can right click and just run as admin as well just as normal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
