Enabling systemd on WSL Doesn't Work as Expected

[arinanto]

Brief description

Recently Microsoft enabled systemd support on WSL (more info on MS Devblogs). Trying to enable systemd on AlmaLinux 9 inside WSL result in partial activation where systemctl --user not working.

How to replicate

• Make sure WSL is running version 0.67.6 or higher (wsl --version)
• Configure /etc/wsl.conf to enable systemd support

  [boot]
  systemd=true
  

• Run systemctl --user status inside WSL

Test result

WSL version (wsl --version)

WSL version: 0.70.0.0
Kernel version: 5.15.68.1
WSLg version: 1.0.45
MSRDC version: 1.2.3575
Direct3D version: 1.606.4
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22621.674

Actual behaviour on AlmaLinux 9

Behaviour observed on Ubuntu 22.04