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resetting wsl password for root user
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type this in command line
cd in to below directory
cd C:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
change the user to root
<linuxdistro>.exe config --default-user root
open wsl and now the user will be root
passwd <default_username>
execute this in the above directory and change default user to your user
<distro>.exe config --default-user <username>
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