In short, when I try to use a Windows directory as a volume or bind mount in WSL 2 with Docker Desktop integration, it just mounts an empty directory instead of the source directory. I do not see this issue in WSL 1. Full issue description is at https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/7905 . Has …

[image] jameskingarlut: App Version: Docker Desktop Version 2.2.0.5 (43884) stable You are far behind the current version. Install the most recent version from stable or from edge channel and try again.

I just updated to the latest version of Docker Desktop (2.3.0.4 (46911) stable), and am still experiencing the same behavior.

Do you have a firewall installed that blocks the traffic to WSL?

I do not have a firewall installed in my WSL 2 Ubuntu distro, but Windows Firewall is up. I wasn’t aware previously but doing some searching it looks like the way Windows files are shared with WSL2 is via a Plan 9 fileshare, which is apparently a network protocol. So I guess it is plausible that W…

I just got IT to disable the firewall entirely, and restarted WSL and Docker Desktop to be sure that any connections/initialization that would need to be done by the Plan 9 fileshare would be done without any potential interference from a firewall, but am still seeing the same behavior, it just moun…

Volumes/bind mounts of windows directories appears to be broken in docker desktop wsl2 integration

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tekki (Tekki) August 1, 2020, 10:03am 2

You are far behind the current version. Install the most recent version from stable or from edge channel and try again.

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Volumes/bind mounts of windows directories appears to be broken in docker desktop wsl2 integration

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