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Use 'useradd' instead of 'adduser' to create user account. #123

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Use 'useradd' instead of 'adduser' to create user account. #123

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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion DistroLauncher/DistributionInfo.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -9,13 +9,22 @@ bool DistributionInfo::CreateUser(std::wstring_view userName)
{
// Create the user account.
DWORD exitCode;
std::wstring commandLine = L"/usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --gecos '' ";
std::wstring commandLine = L"useradd -m -s $SHELL ";
commandLine += userName;
commandLine = L"/bin/sh -c \"" + commandLine + L'"';
HRESULT hr = g_wslApi.WslLaunchInteractive(commandLine.c_str(), true, &exitCode);
if ((FAILED(hr)) || (exitCode != 0)) {
return false;
}

// Input password.
commandLine = L"/usr/bin/passwd ";
commandLine += userName;
hr = g_wslApi.WslLaunchInteractive(commandLine.c_str(), true, &exitCode);
if ((FAILED(hr)) || (exitCode != 0)) {
return false;
}

// Add the user account to any relevant groups.
commandLine = L"/usr/sbin/usermod -aG adm,cdrom,sudo,dip,plugdev ";
commandLine += userName;
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