Mount a drive into WSL distro owned by a restricted user

[pelepelin]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I use Windows and WSL as a restricted user. However, mounting drives is only possible for Windows elevated admin account.
I have access to admin account. However, it does not have access to restricted user's WSL distrubutions.

Describe the solution you'd like
A way to mount a drive into restricted user WSL distributions, given user has access to elevated admin account.

Additional context

Restricted user:

C:\Users\User>wsl.exe -l -v
  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu          Running         2
  Alpine          Stopped         2
  Ubuntu-20.04    Stopped         2

C:\Users\User>wsl.exe --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 --partition 1
Administrator access is needed to mount a disk.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_ELEVATION_NEEDED_TO_MOUNT_DISK

If Admin has no installed distributions:

C:\Windows\system32>wsl.exe --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 --partition 1
This operation is only supported by WSL2.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_WSL2_NEEDED

C:\Windows\system32>C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wsl.exe -l -v
Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.

...

If Admin has installed distributions, mounting succeeds for Admin but disk is only visible in Admin's distributions.

Versions

>wsl --version
WSL version: 1.0.3.0
Kernel version: 5.15.79.1
WSLg version: 1.0.47
MSRDC version: 1.2.3575
Direct3D version: 1.606.4
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.2364

Related/Duplicates
#6147, #2979, #6414

[massmog]

I can confirm this issue on my installation of WSL2 and Ubuntu.

WSL version: 1.0.3.0
Kernel version: 5.15.79.1
WSLg version: 1.0.47
MSRDC version: 1.2.3575
Direct3D version: 1.606.4
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.2364

Lsblk shows drive only in WSL of elevated user. Mounting is only possible if elevated user has WSL installed.

[meisenkaiser123]

I can confirm same problem:

As Admin

PS D:\WSL\shared> wsl --version
WSL version: 1.2.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.2846
PS D:\WSL\shared> wsl --mount .\PhysicalDrive2 --bare

Error message: (I dont understand)
This operation is only supported by WSL2.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_WSL2_NEEDED

as user:

PS D:\WSL\shared> wsl -l -v
NAME STATE VERSION

• Ubuntu-18.04 Stopped 2
  CentOS Running 2
  EL8 Stopped 2
  PS D:\WSL\shared> wsl --mount \.\PhysicalDrive2 --bare
  Administrator access is needed to mount a disk.
  Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_ELEVATION_NEEDED_TO_MOUNT_DISK
  PS D:\WSL\shared>

[ramisedhom]

Same here:

> wsl -v
WSL version: 1.2.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19044.2965

> wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1
Administrator access is needed to mount a disk.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_ELEVATION_NEEDED_TO_MOUNT_DISK

[andrsmllr]

Same here.

wsl -v
WSL-version: 1.2.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22000.1574

wsl --mount \.\PHYSICALDRIVE1
Administrator access is needed to mount a disk.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_ELEVATION_NEEDED_TO_MOUNT_DISK

[artarik]

wsl 2 the same

PS C:\Users\user> wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2
Administrator access is needed to mount a disk.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_ELEVATION_NEEDED_TO_MOUNT_DISK
PS C:\Users\user> wsl -v
WSL-version: 2.0.9.0
Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg version: 1.0.59
MSRDC version: 1.2.4677
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.3693

[edumotya]

wsl 2.2.4.0 the same :(

PS C:\Users\Eduardo> wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 --bare
Administrator access is needed to mount a disk.
Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_ELEVATION_NEEDED_TO_MOUNT_DISK
PS C:\Users\Eduardo> wsl -v
WSL version: 2.2.4.0
Kernel version: 5.15.153.1-2
WSLg version: 1.0.61
MSRDC version: 1.2.5326
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26091.1-240325-1447.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.19045.4529

[xR3b0rn]

No solution to this problem?

[mikegerber]

Same problem here.