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Remount NTSF drive in WSL2 with the metadata option so chmod will work.
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fix-chmod-wsl2.sh
# Remount NTSF drive in WSL2 with the metadata option so chmod will work.
sudo umount /mnt/c
sudo mount -t drvfs C: /mnt/c -o metadata
# If you get an error "target is busy" then try to cd / before running the above commands. You may also have to exit other terminals that are using WSL2.
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