[feature request] Add distro-specific configuration options in profile configuration (e.g. the login user for WSL profiles) #20948

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opened 2026-01-31 07:28:39 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @vadimkantorov on GitHub (Dec 5, 2023).

Originally assigned to: @DHowett on GitHub.

Following up on, it would be nice if Terminal had a nice UI feature to hint that we can change the default login user of WSL profiles directly in UI. But maybe other "typical"/"frequent" profiles can have some other special options which could be mapped as UI elements

Context: somehow my settings for this had broken and I solved it by modifying the command line in my Terminal's profile config from wsl.exe -d ubuntu to wsl.exe -d ubuntu --user vadimkantorov

Originally created by @vadimkantorov on GitHub (Dec 5, 2023). Originally assigned to: @DHowett on GitHub. Following up on, it would be nice if Terminal had a nice UI feature to hint that we can change the default login user of WSL profiles directly in UI. But maybe other "typical"/"frequent" profiles can have some other special options which could be mapped as UI elements Context: [somehow](https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/10874) my settings for this had broken and I solved it by modifying the command line in my Terminal's profile config from `wsl.exe -d ubuntu` to `wsl.exe -d ubuntu --user vadimkantorov`
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2024):

You know, this is probably a request that's best served by the new WSL Settings app. You can find the announcement here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/whats-new-in-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-in-may-2024/#wsl-settings-gui-application-coming-soon. You can find the first WSL build with that available here: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/2.3.11.

If you have any suggestions, I'm sure that https://github.com/microsoft/WSL would be the best place to service them ☺️

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2024): You know, this is probably a request that's best served by the new WSL Settings app. You can find the announcement here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/whats-new-in-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-in-may-2024/#wsl-settings-gui-application-coming-soon. You can find the first WSL build with that available here: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/2.3.11. If you have any suggestions, I'm sure that https://github.com/microsoft/WSL would be the best place to service them ☺️
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Reference: starred/terminal#20948