mtr throws error: unable to get raw sockets

[enricoboldt]

Describe the bug
when using tracetool mtr (mytraceroute), installed via apt, mtr throws an error.
"mtr: unable to get raw sockets"
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. install mtr via "sudo apt install mtr"
2. start a trace like "mtr google.com"

Expected behavior
An output with all hops between host and destination, with last pings, latency and so on in console

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Info
Windows Build:
17763

[sirredbeard]

Great question and I have a solution for you.

You need to run WLinux as administrator in Windows to access raw sockets from inside WSL.

For security reasons and such.