Scripts break if /etc/wsl.conf has 'root'

[IsaacOscar]

The following line here is problematic:

wslu/src/wslu-header

Line 115 in bc88950

tmp="$(awk -F '=' '/root/ {print $2}' /etc/wsl.conf | awk '{$1=$1;print}')"

It causes all the wsl utilities to break when /etc/wsl.conf has the word root in places other than the name of a property:

For example:

[automount]
root = /

[user]
default = root

Causes the interop_prefix to be set /\nroot which is clearly invalid.

Here is a simple fix (I don't know awk so there's probably a better one):

grep '^\s*root\s*=' /etc/wsl.conf | awk -F '=' '/root/ {print $2}' | awk '{$1=$1;print}'

[lucyllewy]

Maybe a more robust ini parser can help, e.g. https://github.com/albfan/bash-ini-parser

[patrick330602]

Thank you for this information. I will fix this as soon as possible.