How to Reset root passwords on Kali Linux 2022.4

In this article, we are going to learn how to reset lost or forgotten root passwords on Kali Linux. We all know we can change the password from the terminal if we know the current password. But if we forget then we have to follow the following steps to reset the root password.

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1 In this tutorial you will learn

2 Boot into the GRUB menu

3 Edit the GRUB menu

4 Check your RW permissions on the root partition

5 Reset Kali Linux root password

6 Reboot your system

7 Login with New Password

8 Video

9 Important Things To Remember:

10 Finally

In this tutorial you will learn

How to boot Into the GRUB menu on Kali Linux
Edit the GRUB menu
Change your root permissions in the GRUB
How to reset Kali root password
Reboot your system from the GRUB

Boot into the GRUB menu

Reboot your Kali Linux system into the GRUB boot menu. When you are on the GRUB menu you have to simply press the E key in order to edit the default boot menu entry.

Edit the GRUB menu

Once you entered the GRUB menu edit mode you will be presented with the following window. Scroll down until you hit the line starting with the keyword linux.

After you have located the line starting with linux, you have to use arrows to look for keyword ro and replace it with keyword rw. And Next, on the same boot entry find the keyword splash and replace it with init=/bin/zsh.

Check your RW permissions on the root partition

Type mount command and look for / root mount partition. Confirm that this partition is mounted with rw permissions.

(none)# mount

Reset Kali Linux root password

At this point, we are ready to reset the root user password. Type passwd command and enter your new password. Enter the root password again to verify. Press ENTER and confirm that the password reset was successful.

(none)# passwd <username>

Reboot your system

At this stage, you are done. Simply reboot your system or continue booting using the following Linux command:

(none)# exec /sbin/init

Login with New Password

Now after rebooting your Kali, You can login with new password. You can login with root and also with standard user account.

Video

In this video, I will show How to Reset Your Forgotten root Password in Kali Linux | Kali Linux 2023.1

Important Things To Remember:

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