usbipd wsl requires that user is a member of the Administrators group

[nicolas-cadio]

Hi,

I followed all instructions to attach an USB device.

I work on Windows 11 + WSL2 Ubuntu 18.04 + usbuipd-win V1.2

Some infomations:

C:\Users\ncadio>wsl --list --verbose
  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-18.04    Running         2

C:\Users\ncadio>wsl --status && echo True || echo False
Distribution par défaut : Ubuntu-18.04
Version par défaut : 2

La dernière mise à jour effectuée du Sous-système Windows pour Linux date du 10/11/2021
Le sous-système Windows pour le noyau Linux peut être manuellement mis à jour avec « WSL--Update », mais les mises à jour automatiques ne peuvent pas être effectuées en raison des paramètres de votre système.
Pour recevoir les mises à jour automatiques du noyau, activez le paramètre Windows Update : « Recevoir les mises à jour d’autres produits Microsoft lors de la mise à jour de Windows ».
Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel.

Version du noyau : 5.10.60.1
True

localuser@BAfr21-LA1734:/mnt/c/Users/ncadio $ uname -a
Linux BAfr21-LA1734 5.10.60.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Wed Aug 25 23:20:18 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

In a PowerShell as admin, I can get the list:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> usbipd.exe wsl list
BUSID  DEVICE                                                        STATE
3-1    Périphérique d'entrée USB                                     Not attached
3-7    HP HD Camera, HP IR Camera                                    Not attached
3-8    Synaptics FS7604 Touch Fingerprint Sensor with PurePrint(TM)  Not attached
3-14   Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)                                Not attached
4-1    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached
4-3    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached

In a CmdPrompt as user, I can get the list too:

C:\Users\ncadio> usbipd.exe wsl list
BUSID  DEVICE                                                        STATE
3-1    Périphérique d'entrée USB                                     Not attached
3-7    HP HD Camera, HP IR Camera                                    Not attached
3-8    Synaptics FS7604 Touch Fingerprint Sensor with PurePrint(TM)  Not attached
3-14   Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)                                Not attached
4-1    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached
4-3    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached

But, when i want to attach an USB device, I get this error:

• In PowerShell as Admin :

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> usbipd.exe wsl attach --busid 4-1
usbipd: error: No default WSL distribution exists.

• In a CmdPrompt as user :

C:\Users\ncadio>usbipd.exe wsl attach --busid 4-1
usbipd: error: Access denied.

Thanks for your help.
Nicolas

[DanieleNardi]

Did you try command prompt as administrator?

[nicolas-cadio]

I got the same issue as PowerShell as Admin

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
C:\WINDOWS\system32>usbipd.exe wsl list
BUSID  DEVICE                                                        STATE
3-1    Périphérique d'entrée USB                                     Not attached
3-7    HP HD Camera, HP IR Camera                                    Not attached
3-8    Synaptics FS7604 Touch Fingerprint Sensor with PurePrint(TM)  Not attached
3-14   Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)                                Not attached
4-1    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached
4-3    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached
C:\WINDOWS\system32>usbipd.exe wsl attach --busid 4-1
usbipd: error: No default WSL distribution exists.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>   

[dorssel]

Could you, from the same Admin Powershell terminal where you got:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> usbipd.exe wsl attach --busid 4-1
usbipd: error: No default WSL distribution exists.

run the following command:

&$Env:SystemRoot\system32\wsl.exe --list --all --verbose

and post the output?

And have you installed WSL as a Windows Feature or from the Store Preview?

[nicolas-cadio]

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> &$Env:SystemRoot\system32\wsl.exe --list --all --verbose
Le sous-système Windows pour Linux n'a pas de distributions installées.
Vous pouvez installer les distributions en visitant le Microsoft Store :
https://aka.ms/wslstore

[nicolas-cadio]

have you installed WSL as a Windows Feature or from the Store Preview?
WSL is installed as a Windows Feature

[dorssel]

Very interesting.
Can you confirm that just running wsl --list --all --verbose (without the full path to wsl) reports the instances from the Powershell prompt correctly? It looks like there are two wsl.exe on your system...
You are running "as Admin" by elevating the user that owns the WSL instances, right? Or do you have a separate admin user account? WSL instances are "per user".

[nicolas-cadio]

In PowerShell as Admin :

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --list --all
Le sous-système Windows pour Linux n'a pas de distributions installées.
Vous pouvez installer les distributions en visitant le Microsoft Store :
https://aka.ms/wslstore

In CommandPrompt as Admin :

C:\WINDOWS\system32>wsl --list
Le sous-système Windows pour Linux n'a pas de distributions installées.
Vous pouvez installer les distributions en visitant le Microsoft Store :
https://aka.ms/wslstore

In PowerShell as User :

PS C:\Users\ncadio> wsl --list --all
Distributions du sous-système Windows pour Linux :
Ubuntu-18.04 (par défaut)

In CommandPrompt as user :

C:\Users\ncadio>wsl --list --all
Distributions du sous-système Windows pour Linux :
Ubuntu-18.04 (par défaut)

I have a separate account for Admin and User.

How can I get access rigth as User on usbipd to attach USB devices ?

[nicolas-cadio]

In a PowerShell as User :

PS C:\Program Files\usbipd-win> .\usbipd.exe wsl list
BUSID  DEVICE                                                        STATE
3-1    Périphérique d'entrée USB                                     Not attached
3-7    HP HD Camera, HP IR Camera                                    Not attached
3-8    Synaptics FS7604 Touch Fingerprint Sensor with PurePrint(TM)  Not attached
3-14   Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)                                Not attached
4-1    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached
4-3    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached

In a PowerShell as User with the command runas /env /user:[ADMIN ACCOUNT]

PS C:\Program Files\usbipd-win> runas /env /user:BAFR21-LA1734\admag "cmd \k usbipd.exe wsl attach --busid 4-3"
Entrez le mot de passe de BAFR21-LA1734\admag :
Tentative de lancement de usbipd.exe wsl attach --busid 4-3 en tant qu’utilisateur "BAFR21-LA1734\admag" ...

I can see a new commandPrompt with this :

 usbipd: error: Access denied.

C:\Program Files\usbipd-win>

And so, the USB device is not attached :

PS C:\Program Files\usbipd-win> .\usbipd.exe wsl list
BUSID  DEVICE                                                        STATE
3-1    Périphérique d'entrée USB                                     Not attached
3-7    HP HD Camera, HP IR Camera                                    Not attached
3-8    Synaptics FS7604 Touch Fingerprint Sensor with PurePrint(TM)  Not attached
3-14   Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)                                Not attached
4-1    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached
4-3    Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port                              Not attached
PS C:\Program Files\usbipd-win>

[nicolas-cadio]

I test with this instruction : https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/wiki/Troubleshooting#running-on-console

But I don't saw any logs can help me :
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> usbipd server Logging:LogLevel:Default=Trace
dbug: Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host[1]
Hosting starting
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
Hosting environment: Production
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
Content root path: C:\WINDOWS\system32
dbug: Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host[2]
Hosting started

[dorssel]

@nicolas-cadio
You cannot use the usbipd wsl subcommand running as another user. WSL instances are 'per-user'. That means that one user cannot see the WSL instances of another user. That's why you see don't see the WSL instances when you runas <someone-else> usbipd wsl attach.

You must use an elevated command prompt: the terminal/prompt must be started with Administrator rights for the same user. If your WSL user account is not part of the Administrators group, then you cannot use usbipd wsl attach. You can, however, use usbipd bind and then manually attach from within WSL using usbip attach as an alternative.

[nicolas-cadio]

Thanks a lot,

with usbipd bind on Windows in a commandPrompt as Admin, and usbip attach in WSL, I can mount USB keys.

Thanks,