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Change password on WSL
Close Ubuntu if running
From CMD prompt
ubuntu config --default-user root
Note, if you get response that command not found, try more specific version:
ubuntu1804
ubuntu2004
Start Ubuntu
At prompt (change your-username to the actual name of password to change)
passwd your-username
Close Ubuntu
From CMD prompt
ubuntu config --default-user your-username
Restart Ubuntu
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