Systemctl not started on Centos 8 WSL

[netbeansfan]

C:\Users\Win10Pro>cmd.exe --version
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1081]

Hi WSL Team,

I have successfully installed Centos 8 on Windows 10 via Microsoft Appstore but am not able to Putty (ssh) to Centos session from the same Windows
desktop host with "connection refused" error. I have updated /etc/ssh/sshd_config to enable ssh connection but
encountered the following errors when trying to restart systemctl:

#sudo systemctl start sshd
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down

Below is the IP addresses from ipconfig on Windows 10 host:

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : modem
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.142
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Ethernet adapter vEthernet (Default Switch):

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::74ea:18b1:a46d:4240%25
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.19.64.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter vEthernet (WSL):

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::99d9:8474:7e5b:a9fc%50
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.80.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

On the other hand, Centos WSL gives the following IP address:

[root@mars ssh]$ ip addr
5: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:5d:8c:e0:14 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.22.84.118/20 brd 172.22.95.255 scope global eth0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::215:5dff:fe8c:e014/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

George

[therealkenc]

/dupe #1579

You can start sshd manually as a work-around.

# /usr/sbin/sshd

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists in this repository. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread.

Thanks for your report!

[ldo]

Aren’t you supposed to include a reference to the issue that is supposedly being duplicated?

[gochev]

I guess the duplicate is this one #1579