socket.timeout: timed out when attempting to run any command with wsl-sudo in WSL2 about wsl-sudo HOT 6 OPEN

I think your current user is not admin. I have the same problem when elevating from non-admin user...

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@highTowerSU, when you say current user, do you mean the Linux user or the Windows user? I seem to be having a similar problem.

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I think of was the underlying Win User, but i am unsere...

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The error occurs when you run wsl-sudo.py from a non-default WSL instance. Does it work with this version? Here's an example that works for me:

python wsl-sudo.py "/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Vim/vim82/gvim.exe"

(I know vim 9 is out.)

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I have the same issue on WSL2 Ubuntu (22.04). I tried applying the changes from this PR that @fenjen mentioned in their comment, but it did not help. Another thing to mention is that my Windows OS has multiple users and the default one is not an Administrator, so when I try to run the python3 ... command, the login window pops up. Maybe that ahs something to do with this issue.

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@spector32 Is the user running the WSL instance an administrator? If not, the login window that pops up (with a pre-filled administrator account asking for a password) is what I would expect.

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