Add instructions for using `tsh` in Windows Subsystem for Linux

[tatosjb]

Details

When I have tried to use tsh inside the wsl terminal, the browser does not open. To solve this I had to uninstall teleport from the debian(inside wsl) and I download the windows version. Extracted it to a folder (e.g. c:/teleport), copied the tsh.exe and renamed it to just tsh (without the extension ) and add the path to debian bash (e.g. export PATH="$PATH:/mnt/c/teleport"). The steps should be like:

Download teleport Extract the files to c:/program files Create a copy of the executable tsh.exe as tsh(without the extension) Add the path to your WSL bash export PATH="$PATH:/mnt/c/program files/teleport"

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[awoodobvio]

@tatosjb : I was able to use the native linux binary for tsh in wsl2.

Just need to use the allocated ip address (ip addr) with --bind-addr on tsh login.

See: https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/2171

[hexinal]

Another useful instruction would be how to use your fido2/U2F device through WSL.

[itsties]

Maybe this helps someone, I logon using the Windows client then use the configs from .tsh-folder directly in WSL

1. Install tsh on Windows (Teleport Connect) and WSL
2. Find your tsh.exe in WSL with (if it is on C:)

   powershell.exe -c "(Get-Command tsh).Source"  | sed 's/\\/\//g' | sed 's/C:/\/mnt\/c/'

3. Link your .tsh folder in WSL

   ln -s /mnt/c/Users/$profile_folder/.tsh/ ~/.tsh

4. Add the following code to ~/.bashrc

   tsh() {
   if [[ $@ == login* ]]; then
   command /mnt/c/$wsl_path_to_tsh_exe "$@"
   else
   command tsh "$@"
   fi
   }

   This wil use the tsh.exe to login with your Webauthn device, it works with my fingerprint reader