Questions tagged [kali-linux]
Kali Linux is a penetration testing distribution made by Offensive Security. It is based on Debian, and is the child of BackTrack.
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How can you change an Ethernet connection to a connection with an external Wi-Fi adapter?
I was trying to execute airmon-ng and airodump-ng commands in Kali Linux virtual machine, and then figured out that since my laptop had an in-built Ethernet port, the terminal couldn't detect any type ...
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"VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file '(VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)."
When I try to open Kali Linux in VirtualBox I get this error:
Could not open the medium 'C:\Users\aboza\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DIa2576.18979\kali-linux-2023.2-virtualbox-amd64.vdi'.
VD: error ...
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Kali Linux takes way too long to load the GUI after entering the password? IPTABLES
After entering the passward to login, it takes way too long to load GUI.
I think the issue is with the firewall, when I enable it the GUI loads way two long to load. More than a minute, if it's ...
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Hyper-V Switch separate WIFI NIC Kali Linux
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I have a Hyper-V external switch connected to my Wi-Fi network adapter. I have also opted to NOT allow network adapter sharing in the switch manager for the Wi-Fi network adapter, since I ...
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How do I change the location of my terminal username in Kali Linux? [duplicate]
When I use terminal in Kali linux, my username is located above the line I enter commands in and is not to the left of the command line as it for most users. I can't find the setting that changes this ...
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Kali Linux Pfsense Virtualbox
I have a Kali Linux installed as a host machine. The Kali Linux machine is on a 192.168.0.1/24 IP range which is assigned on my wireless home network. My home lab is on a 192.168.5.0/24 (NAT Network) ...
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How to use Windows network card drivers in Kali Linux
I bought a wireless network adapter so I put it in my Windows PC, I installed the driver automatically by an .exe program that installed in it; then I installed Kali Linux (last version) to start ...
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How to kali linux "poetry run python empire.py server" can working
I entered
sudo poetry run python empire.py server
and it returned
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/Empire/empire.py", line 11, in
import empire.server.server as server
File &...
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After I execute proxychains my the login screen keep looping in Kali Linux
I was messing around with proxychain and now I can't log in to Kali Linux after restarting. It was working fine until I logged out, but FSR when I tried to log in the login screen is looping. It ...
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Unable to handle repository shortcut 'universe'
Just installed kali linux being new to this linux world after installing i followed this article from fossmint about the first 10things to do after installing kali linux but on the 8th step while ...
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I get an error invalid format at initial stage after kali linux logo
I get an error invalid format at initial stage in Kali Linux and screen goes blue. How can i solve this issue? Dual boot Kali install. I am new to use Kali Linux.
Thanks
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can't launch kali-linux GUI (based on WSL 2) with a shortcut on Windows Terminal
I can't find any way to launch the kali-linux GUI with a shortcut and I've tried a lot of methods!
I don't want everytime to search for "Kali Linux" on Start, then open it, run the two ...
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Can't use password in Kali Linux after changing username
I decided to change the username of my kali linux to a new one so I did the following commands :
changed both old_username (kali) to new_username (xyz) :
sudo nano /etc/passwd
but when I did this one,...
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kex: command not found on WSL2
I have installed kali linux WSL distribution. I had also installed kali-win-kex, as mentioned in the official documentation. However when I try to run kex on the Kali terminal, it exits with the ...
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Using John in kali linux to crack a pdf file that is edit restricted with password
I need help with using John…I made a pdf file a while ago and I password protected it from editing. I mean I was able to get inside by using microsoft print to pdf, which is a bit problematic. Adobe ...
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Windows Defender picks up Kali Linux's ISO. Is this normal or a real threat?
I ran a full PC scan by windows defender and this thing comes up and isn't going even after pressing start actions. Please help me out.
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How do you move (mv) in ZSH all files from current directory except two or more to a child directory?
(There is plenty of information about this on bash, but much less on zsh and NOT AT ALL for TWO or more files. No idea how to apply the ^ ("caret") TO MORE THAN ONE FILE).
I want to know (...
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GHunt error for check_and_gen.py'
while installing GHunt on Kali Linux with Python version 3.9, check_and_gen.py file is not generating.
Following error:
python3: can't open file '/home/kali/GHunt/check_and_gen.py': [Errno 2] No such ...
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Kali apt-get update fails with "Clearsigned file isn't valid"
I'm trying to do apt-get update at in result i am getting these errors, tried various methods, couldnt resolve. i need help with this error.
Get:1 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease [18....
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KVM | QEMU (including virt-manager) issue with Linux host single GPU passthrough for macOS guest has blank screen
Okay folks! What needs to known in advance is that my initial VM solution has a working installation with a macOS Ventura guest on a Kali/Debian Linux host prior to extending the baseline ...
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How to disable promiscuous mode in hyper-v?
I enable promiscuous mode on hyper-V system(windows 11) following by
hypervPromiscuousModeSetUp
I test wireshark on hyper-v running Kali linux OS, It works well.
But, I want to disable promiscuous ...
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Kali Linux Live USB space
I want to know, if i will make live kali persistence usb and put it into my laptop will it use hard drive memory? Because my 500 gb space is emtpy and want to make kali live usb to use that free ...
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My 'ALT GR' button doesnt seem to be working properly on my VMware virtual machine
So i just did a fresh install of Kali Linux on my virtual machine (VMware) - however it seems like my keyboard is not mapped correctly, atleast thats my theory, when i am using my host machine it ...
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Vagrant: syncing folder /var/cache/apt: filesystem vboxsf not available
I use Windows as a host and Kali Linux as a guest. VirtualBox provider.
I routinely destroy and re-provision Kali.
I want to have a synced folder /var/cache/apt so that apt files aren't downloaded ...
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Any way to make TP-LINK TL-WN727N work on Kali Linux with monitor mode?
I recently bought this adapter and I knew it supports monitor mode but I realized that apparently this adapter doesn't support monitor mode on newer versions of Kali Linux. Is there any way for me to ...
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How do i rdesktop from Kali Linux to Windows xp and display on Windows 10?
I am on a windows 10 laptop. I am SSHing into a Kali GNU/Linux (has a public IP, and an IP in a LAN) (no root privileges). I am trying to remote desktop into a Windows XP computer (On the LAN, no ...
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I can't change base memory of kali linux
I downloaded Virtual Box and Kali Linux to an external hard. I can't change base memory from virtual box settings. How can I change it ??
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kali linux update error (sudo apt-get update)
I have some problems with my Kali Linux version. Please help me to solve it. See error below
# sudo apt update
Hit:3 https://download.sublimetext.com apt/dev/ InRelease
Get:1 ...
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sudo: ./heartbleed-bin: command not found
I was trying to attack one of my virtual machines with an attack involving heartbleed-bin but this error popped up and I don't know how to resolve it. Both Kali and the victim virtual machines are ...
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Unable to manualy compile kernel 6.1.2 kali
I'm trying to manually compile the linux 6.1.2 from source code to get the latest kernel revision. I actually have Kali 2022.4 whit the 6.0 Kernel. I'm using this website step
I just did a fresh kali ...
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Will this adapter work with wireshark?
Will the Alfa awus036acm with mt7612u chipset work with wireshark 6.0.2 on Kali 6.0.0 for packet sniffing tcp,udp,dns,http,etc? I have seen both negative and positive reviews on it so I'm not sure.
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install Kali on side partition with systemd-boot
On my macbook I have installed arch linux following the installation guide.
I chose systemd-boot as the boot loader. I have an EFI partition at /dev/sda1 that stores systemd-bootand so.
Everything is ...
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Netcat connection not working both ways (Mac-Kali), connection refused
I was following this website in order to establish a netcat connection. I have a mac and a kali virtual machine. If from my mac I type nc -lv 1234 and from kali I type nc ip.of.my.mac 1234 then the ...
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Unable to scan ubuntu with kali
Both Kali and ubuntu are connected to a pfsense. Pfsense has 3 adapters, the first being the WAN, the second being LAN which is set as an internal network, and the third, being OPT1 as a different ...
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How do I connect a vm to my opt1 network of pf sense
My pfsense is setup with 3 network adapters:
Adapter 1 being 'NAT'
Adapter 2 being 'Internal Network' and is on Lan1
the third Adapter is 'Host-Only adapter' and is on 'VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet ...
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Kali (main os,not vm) and Metasploitable2 (in vbox) network configuration?
I am using kali as primary os and have Metasploitable running in vbox.
First i set it to NAT but the ip of Metasploitable was very different than my host and was not able to ping.
The bridge option ...
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restore unalocated space from kalilinux to the windows in vmware
i was installed kalilinux through vmware workstaion Pro in windows 11 by giving 30gb hard disk. after a week i expanded the 30gb space to 50gb. and i did partition in kalilinux by using only the 40gb ...
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Kali linux not detecting bluetooth adapter
I have installed kali linux and bluetooth was running fine until I updated it. The bluetooth service showing active but bluetooth manager is not opening.
$ sudo service bluetooth status
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Kali linux WIFI connectivity
I am using kali linux on my dell G3 laptop and I have some problems with Wifi connectivity.
My laptop has the INTEL ax200 Wifi card. When I issue the command "lspci" the Wifi shows as a ...
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Is it possible to install kali linux operating system in mac book pro? [closed]
i have macbook pro and I recently changed the harddrive. Am an Isp so i wanted to use kali linux as my operating system. The hard drive is new. Is it possible?
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How to connect an AWUS1900 to a Kali Virtual Box VM hosted on Windows 11?
I have done the following:
On the host:
Installed the driver
Inside Kali:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
On Virtualbox:
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audio is not working in kali linux and am not able to open pulseaudio
Audio is not working.
I downloaded Kali Linux using the WSL 2 GUI and am using it using remote desktop connection.
The audio is not working and I'm not able to open pulse audio mixer.
I have tried all ...
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GEDIT malfunctioning
All of the previous python codes I entered into GEDIT have been producing output on the VMware Kali Linux terminal, but the new codes I entered into GEDIT since yesterday haven't been producing output....
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I am using a MacBook Pro and how to type special characters like ~ and ^ in Kali Linux terminal not working
I'm running Kali Linux on my Macbook Pro and it is not recognizing my keyboard. I am unable to type special characters like ~ and ˆ.
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Problems while upgrading Linux VM
Problem: After running "sudo apt upgrade" command on a Kali Virtual Machine, the upgrade gets stuck and web-pages stop loading, on both the VM and host machine. For webpages to start loading ...
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Can't change default password in Kali-linux
I always log into Kali-linux using the default password. When I try to change it in the terminal using sudo passwd kali, it prompts me to type new password. When try to type new password it just I can'...
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Kali NetHunter KeX error ESM mode
When entering the KeX application, an error is thrown
"Connection to VNC failed"
When I enter the terminal and try to run through kex, I get:
/usr/bin/kex: line 291: cmdkey.exe: command not ...
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Wifi drivers on Acer swift
I want to make my Laptop a dual OS Computer. Windows installed, everything works fine. When I try to install Kali Linux over my Install USB Stick, it says there are drivers missing. It says I can ...
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Getting multiple errors when trying to open a browser in kali linux on wsl2
I am still new to the whole wsl world, so i don't really what's going on here. Chromium was working 2 hours ago and now it stopped working. I've tried uninstalling and installing it again, but nothing ...
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OpenVAS/GSA - GVMD_DATA not syncing
I have successfully installed OpenVAS on Kali. The web UI is accessible. NVT , SCAP, and CERT feeds are synced. But GVMD_DATA is completely empty. Compliance Policies, Port Lists, Report Formats, and ...
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