Assignment 5.1: Breaking into Kali - squatchulator/Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki

Assignment 5.1 - Breaking into Kali

Steps to break into Kali Linux

1. Reboot the Kali box, and when the bootlogo shows press Space.
2. Press e on the Kali GNU/Linux option to edit boot configurations.
3. Scroll down to the line that starts with linux. Naviagte to the end of that line, and add single init=/bin/bash to the end of it.
4. Now, press Ctrl + X. You should now be in a shell - you will need to remount the root user.
5. Type mount -rw -o remount / to remount it, and passwd to set a new password. Reboot the Kali system.
6. You should now be able to log in as root with your new password.