You need to unmount /mnt/c and mount /mnt/c again with below options : sudo umount /mnt/c sudo mount -t drvfs C: /mnt/c -o metadata,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=22,fmask=111 To automatically unmount and mount the C:\ drive (/mnt/c) , add the below lines to /etc/wsl.conf in WSL.If wsl.conf does not exist, create it. [automount] enabled = true options = “metadata,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=22,fmask=111”Continue reading “How to modify permissions for files under /mnt/c in WSL”