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 I convert my partition from GPT to MBR and make my system dual boot Kali and Windows?
I want someone to help me how to install Kali on my laptop and want to know how to convert a GPT partition to MBR.
I searched on YouTube but most of the popular tutorials didn’t work. Even after ...
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Atom installation dependancy error in kali linux
i was trying to install atom on kali linux and i got dependency error
sudo dpkg -i '/root/Downloads/atom-amd64(2).deb'
error:
Selecting previously unselected package atom.
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Kali Linux: Screen lock --> weird sleep mode
I am running Kali Linux with the Xfce desktop environment (dual boot with Win10) on a Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 370.
Xfce version: 4.14
First issue:
Whenever I lock my screen, my laptop goes into some ...
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systemctl hibernate gives error not enough swap space for hibernation although the swap space in use is four times the RAM size
I already know that in Linux systems systemctl hibernate will not allow hibernation if there is not enough swap space for hibernation. But in my case the swap space was set to 32 GiB while the RAM ...
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Monitors not waking up from hibernate on Linux (Fixed on Windows)
I'm having an issue with waking up my monitors from power saving mode on my Linux systems. First, I'd like to notice that I'm fairly new to Linux, and I'd really appreciate your help.
I'm running ...
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what does " not associated " mean in airodump-ng scan result
airodump-ng wlan0 scan result:
In the above image, what does "not associated" mean in client connected section?
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Screenshotting Linux VM in Mac
I am running VMware fusion on my Macbook Pro to run a Kali Linux VM. The OS for my Macbook is Mojave.
Whenever I am in my VM and try to take a screenshot of a window , usually being my terminal (...
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SSD Died, Detected by BIOS but not OS
So few days ago I was playing a game. When I was finished with it, I closed the game and to my avail, everything was frozen (I could only move my mouse). I assumed silly Windows 10 simply crashed, so ...
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dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
I am trying to install Kali Linux full on my Raspberry Pi 3 with the command:
apt-get install kali-linux-full
I get the following error:
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (...
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Sniff wireless traffic between two machines via Wireshark
Foreword: I am woefully inexperienced with this. As in, this is literally my first time encountering something like this. Please bear with me.
Hello everyone,
The situation is as follows. We (as in, ...
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Kali installation stuck at Install the GRUB boot loader
I am doing encrypted disk installation. First partition is /dev/sda1, mount point is /boot and it is unencrypted and second partition /dev/sda2, mount point / and it is encrypted partition. Whole ...
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Wireshark/Tshark. Very little (data) packets in monitor mode
I'm trying to setup a proof of concept for indoor positioning using WIFI. The idea is to place a few WIFI adapters in several locations in a small building, each tracking signal strength and MAC ...
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Installing Kali Linux wireless drivers on chipset realtek rtl8811au
I've been trying to install drivers for my new Amped wireless UA230A external Wi-Fi antenna, I've been crawling all over git hub but cannot find any, if someone could help me find some compatible ...
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Installing Kali alongside with Windows 7, Kali can not see partitions
I have a problem that is taking me a lot of time to solve, and still don't understand how I got such a problem and what the solution for it is.
The problem is that I shrink the D/ drive, to get 50G ...
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Can Monitor mode and internet connection work together?
Im using raspberry Pi 3 with linux Kali installed , trying to capture all the packets in my WLAN network.
Now,to do that I need to get in monitor mode, since the R.PI3 built in chip has no monitor ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 + Kali
On my computer I have two operating systems installed, Windows 10 and Kali Linux. The problem is that they are on separate bootloaders and on separate hard drives. I want to be able to add one of the ...
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Create rogue AP inside network
so far I've manged to create an evil-twin with Linux using two wireless-cards and bridge them, giving internet access to clients. Problem is that clients have to manually connect to my fake AP.
my ...
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Boot Kali with custom Filesystem
I'm trying to customize my "filesystem.squashfs" file, for my Kali live system. For modifying I used "unsquash" and for rebuilding "mksquash" without additional parameters. Now I replaced the old ...
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Partitioning worries
So, my laptop currently runs a dual-boot of Windows 10 and Linux Mint. I want to add Kali to that list. I've got my USB set up and ready to roll, but when I went to partition my drive, I started to ...
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Grub and multi drive boots
I have encountered an issue while setting up a new SSD. Before incorporating the new drive, I had a partitioned HDD, Windows 7 (manufacturer installed) on one partition, with Debian on the other ...
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System error after Kali Linux dist-upgrade
I was doing a distribution upgrade on Kali from 1. 1. 0 to 2. 0 using:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Upgrade was of 2 GB and after downloading 1 GB, and I wanted to download openssh-server so I did an ...
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Kali linux 2.0 wlan0
I executed the following command not knowing that it would disable the wireless option from my settings.
iw wlan0 del
Is there any way to reverse the command?
Any help would be really appreciated. ...
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Kali Linux Wireless MacBook Air (Early 2014)
I have an early 2014 13in. MacBook Air that I recently dual-booted Kali Linux onto. My problems is that the wifi will not work, and iwconfig returns only "lo". I have tried to install the broadcom ...
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Installing libsdl2-dev on Kali 3.18.0 amd64
I'm trying to wrap my head around how to install the libsdl2-dev package on Kali 3.18.0 amd64.
I can see that the package is available in the standard Kali repository here: http://http.kali.org/kali/...
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Unable to log into encrypted root drive after running virtual machine
I am unable to log into my encrypted hard drive on the host which is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS desktop. This all happened after I did the following.
Ran VirtualBox
Created a VDI drive
Installed Kali Linux (...
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Bully stuck on same pin?
BUlly is trying the same pin again and again why is that. Should i try differnet option suggest me. THE AP i'm bruteforcing has wps lock turned off i check it several times using wash.
Command used
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No wireless on windows after using kali boot cd
Today I wanted to start playing around with Kali Linux so I downloaded the ISO and burned it to a DVD, restarted the laptop and booted to the DVD pressed the first option which is just a boot. ...
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Win-Kex Kali WSL2 doesn't launch at all
I tried installing Win-Kex on my WSL2 Kali, but it doesn't work.
What I tried:
kex
kex --sl
kex --esm
kex -s
I tried reinstalling Kex 3 times. I tried installing dbus-x11. I tried removing the files ...
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How to decrypt the encrypted partition of the drive without the decryption key(USB)
So please bare with me as I'm a total amateur but this is what's happening :
Years ago when I got paranoid about the internet I stupidly got in over my head when I decided to encrypt the majority of ...
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How to open .img file in Windows/Linux?
I'm trying a level about forensics on a forum. I have a .img file which I've been trying to recover. In windows i tried 4 tools,but only one sort of worked and I can t open any of the files. I ...
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