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wsl.conf
#Let’s enable extra metadata options by default
[automount]
enabled = true
root = /windir/
options = "metadata,umask=22,fmask=11"
mountFsTab = false
#Let’s enable DNS – even though these are turned on by default, we’ll specify here just to be explicit.
[network]
generateHosts = true
generateResolvConf = true
@Walkman100
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Haven't tested this - but that " at the beginning looks suspicious to me, that shouldn't be correct ini/gitconfig syntax as the article suggests...

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cwilhit commented Jul 11, 2018

Fixed, thanks for catching :)

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When you're done editing wsl.conf you can execute this command Restart-Service LxssManager in PowerShell as admin to restart your distros

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