0005185: Nmap does not work in Kali of windows 10 subsystem

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005185	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2019-01-02 09:51	2025-07-14 09:15

Reporter	mrtools	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	not fixable
Product Version	2018.3

Summary	0005185: Nmap does not work in Kali of windows 10 subsystem
Description	Nmap does not work in Kali of windows 10 subsystem
Attached Files	({C}OHMSI2]`H)H8B04_RGF.png (18,592 bytes) ({C}OHMSI2]`H)H8B04_RGF.png (18,592 bytes)

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2019-01-02 09:51	mrtools	New Issue
2019-01-02 09:51	mrtools	File Added: ({C}OHMSI2]`H)H8B04_RGF.png
2019-01-02 15:38	elwood	Status	new => closed
2019-01-02 15:38	elwood	Resolution	open => not fixable
2019-01-02 15:38	elwood	Description Updated
2019-01-02 15:38	elwood	Note Added: 0010137
2025-07-14 09:15	g0tmi1k	Priority	immediate => normal

elwood 2019-01-02 15:38 reporter ~0010137	This is a known limitation of the WSL: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1349 Until / unless MS changes WSL to allow this to work it is not fixable.