Errors in Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10

Hi Patricia, 

I had the same problem, after upgrading to 18.04.   The problem is that there's a bug in the one of the ebtables support script, causing you to get the "insufficient privileges" script. 

Rather than edit the scripts that cause this problem, simply remove /sbin/ebtables and replace with a program that exits with a success error code, and prints nothing (ie.  /bin/true):

sudo cp -p  /bin/true /sbin/ebtables   

sudo apt update -y

sudo apt upgrade -y

Notes: 

1. The trick is to install a "fake" /sbin/ebtables  that does nothing and exits with a success code value of 0 (zero).  That's what /bin/true does.
2. The "upgrade" does an uninstall of the old and install of the new, so your "fake" /sbin/ebtables will be installed with a real /sbin/ebtables .
3. The new ebtables is STILL broken, so you'll have to do the same thing when you
   need to update ebtables again. 
4. If you have absolutely no use for ebtables, remove it by doing:
       sudo apt remove ebtables -y 
   before doing the "sudo apt upgrade -y"

Hello,

The problem is now solved.

No need for special commands.

Hi Patricia  - 

Just out of curiosity, how did you resolve the issue?

Hello,

The issue was resolved by developers, I had Nothing to do.

https://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=21925258

I just have still got the problem of capital letters forbidden in usernames

https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/3273

Hope it helps.

I did not understand the French site, but the problem still exists on my WSL running 18.04.

--Rasit

Hi,

Do as I did.

Unintall Ubuntu 18.04 using Windows settings.

Reinstall Ubuntu 18.04 or choose Ubuntu (same distribution) from the Microsoft Store.

The problem should then be solved.

That's all I did.

Hope it helps.

Well, I did what you've suggested, but I got the same error message ;-(

Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 mount amd64 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.1 [106 kB]
 * Error: insufficient privileges to access the ebtables rulesets.
invoke-rc.d: initscript ebtables, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-HvnxdW/16-ebtables_2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu2.18.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack)
:
 new ebtables package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Function not implemented
                                                          update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer sup
ported; falling back to defaults
invoke-rc.d: could not determine current runlevel

I originally downloaded Ubuntu 18.04, which I noticed was 214.2 MB, and the above was the result. I then tried Ubuntu (195.6MB) and it worked.

Further, Ubuntu only had 17 updates, whereas Ubuntu 18.04 needed 38. Apparently, Ubuntu and Ubuntu 18.04 are not the same distro.

Regards,

--Rasit

Hello,

>Well, I did what you've suggested, but I got the same error message ;-(

When ?

Did you completely uninstall Ubuntu 18.04 ?

Ubuntu and Ubuntu 18.04 are the same distribution.

The command lsb_release -a will confirm.

So your problem is solved now, isn't it ?

Hello,

>Well, I did what you've suggested, but I got the same error message ;-(

When ?

Did you completely uninstall Ubuntu 18.04 ?

Ubuntu and Ubuntu 18.04 are the same distribution.

The command lsb_release -a will confirm.

So your problem is solved now, isn't it ?

No they are not. Ubuntu is 16.04. Once 18.04.1 is released, the Ubuntu will be 18.04.1, but remains 16.04.x for now.

No they are not. Ubuntu is 16.04. Once 18.04.1 is released, the Ubuntu will be 18.04.1, but remains 16.04.x for now.

Hello, 

You're right and the bug in upgrade in Ubuntu 18.04 isn't solved yet.