Connect USB Devices with native install
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I would like to connect USB Devices to WSL. The only solution is described in:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/connect-usb
Using a third party tool, from a private developer. This introduces security concerns, as we have seen with SSH even far bigger projects can get compromised.
Describe the solution you'd like I would like the official Build of WSL to include a tested way to connect USB Devices from the Host System
Describe alternatives you've considered None
Additional context None
Logs are required for review from WSL team
If this a feature request, please reply with '/feature'. If this is a question, reply with '/question'. Otherwise please attach logs by following the instructions below, your issue will not be reviewed unless they are added. These logs will help us understand what is going on in your machine.
How to collect WSL logs
Download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:
Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1
The script will output the path of the log file once done.
If this is a networking issue, please use collect-networking-logs.ps1, following the instructions here
Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.
Click here for more info on logging If you choose to email these logs instead of attaching to the bug, please send them to [email protected] with the number of the github issue in the subject, and in the message a link to your comment in the github issue and reply with '/emailed-logs'.
/feature
Diagnostic information
Found '/feature', adding tag 'feature'