How to Reset lost Password of Kali Linux just in one minute?
Kali, the Linux based Operating System which is mostly used for penetration testing. This article may be important for penetration tester or those who are using Kali Linux for daily activity, such as ethical hacking, penetration testing, or students of information security fields.
In this post, I will simply show you how to reset forgotten password of Kali Linux.
NOTE: THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY…!!
Let’s Start:)
1. Boot your Kali system and let the GNU Grub page will be appear.
2. On the GNU GRUB page select the *Advanced options for Kali GNU/Linux option by down arrow key and press enter.
3. Now simply select the second one Recovery mode option and press E key to go to recovery mode of Kali Linux.
4.To modify it just change (read only mode) ro to rw (write mode) and add init=/bin/bash like in video shown then press F10/ctrl+x to reboot the Kali Linux.
5. After rebooting the Kali Linux system, it will bring you the new screen in order to reset Kali Linux password.
6.To reset root password of Kali Linux system, simply type “passwd root” and hit the enter. Then type the new password twice for root user. After successfully resetting Kali Linux lost password, you will see the succeed message*password update successfully*.
Well reboot the system normally and log in with newly changed password of root user.
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