Landing in root user by default

[hdadhich01]

Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.856]

WSL Version

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.10.102.1

Distro Version

22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

• Confirm that your default version of WSL is 2
• Install Ubuntu from the Windows store
• Click the Ubuntu app tile from the Windows search bar

Expected Behavior

I will get the "installing distribution" installer window which will properly run everything, and launch a terminal to prompt me for a UNIX username and password.

Actual Behavior

I am not able to input a UNIX username as every input from my keyboard is invisible on my terminal. However the cursor stops upon every key input, so I thought the output might be invisible. Pressing enter after this doesn't do anything either. However, when I close the terminal tab and relaunch it, I automatically land in root@[my computer's name]. I have tried reinstalling and resetting Ubuntu. I have also made sure I am using WSL2 on each instance and that it is up to date through wsl --update. I was able to type my own username when I uninstalled Ubuntu, set my default version to WSL1, installed Ubuntu, and set the version back to WSL2.

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[NotTheDr01ds]

Related to #8737. In my experience (and from answering a number of Ask Ubuntu questions), the new installer is a bit error prone. AFAIK, it's written entirely by Canonical (they call it the out-of-box-experience, or OOBE), and bug reports should probably be made on the Ubuntu Launchpad, but I'm sure a member of the WSL team here can confirm that.

Please see my workaround in #8737.

[benhillis]

Agreed, this is an issue with the Ubuntu 22.04 installer and should be reported to Canonical.

[hdadhich01]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wsl-integration/+bug/1987128