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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta by shpongled on Friday July 28, 2017 @07:54PM (#14878546)
%AppData%\local\lxss\rootfs

Have fun

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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta by russellsprouts on Friday July 28, 2017 @07:57PM (#14878562)
Careful: the Linux permissions of these files are stored in attributes of the files, and many tools don't preserve them properly. You'll likely lose access to files if you try this.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/11/17/do-n...

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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta by semaphoreP on Friday July 28, 2017 @07:57PM (#14878561)
I recall there were issues if you tried to modify those files in Windows. Maybe they've fixed that in recent updates, but my impression was that while I could see the files, I shouldn't be touching them.
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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta by justabystander on Friday July 28, 2017 @08:02PM (#14878596)
Yes. Updates to those files didn't seem to be reflected in bash until I'd closed and reopened the terminal.
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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta by math0ne on Friday July 28, 2017 @08:19PM (#14878675)
FYI, this does not work.
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