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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 get past a “Repository is not signed…” message when attempting to upgrade Kali Linux from a mounted disk image?

I am trying to upgrade Kali Linux from 2017.2 to 2018.2 using an iso mounted in the Kali Virtual Machine. So, what I did was I edited my sources.list file to: deb file:///media/cdrom0 kali-rolling ...
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Is there a way to recover my username in Kali Linux?

I forgot my username in Kali Linux and can no longer login. Is there any way to view usernames?
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Can't login in Kali Linux

I installed Kali Linux a month ago. It was good until today. When I submit username and password the box disappears and reappears again asking about username and password. It shows no error. I just ...
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How to reset Linux password in Windows Subsystem for Linux

I have installed Kali Linux subsystem on Windows. And now I have forgotten the root password. There is just the terminal of Kali Linux and nothing else. How can I reset my password safely? Note: I ...
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How to reset Kali linux root password

I have set a root password when installing the Kali linux and now I have forgotten it.I even don't remember my user name.I have searched through the internet and I have found a method that includes ...
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apt-get update not working: Signing/ Verification errors

When I run apt-get update I get Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/musicmanager/deb stable InRelease Ign:2 http://archive-4.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease Hit:3 http://archive-4....
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install the grub boot loader on a hard disk` failed on my pc

I am installing kali linux on my pc. while installing install the grub boot loader on a hard disk. I am trying to install kali linux with grub as your bootloader and that step is failing. Error: ...
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How to revert to one line terminal in new Kali Linux 2020.04

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~] └─$ I want this to be in one line on terminal like it was before I updated kali. I tried changing bashrc on kali user and on root user there was no update.
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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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How to manually sign Kali for UEFI

I have a laptop running Win10Pro and has UEFI. I have a USB stick with Kali on it. If I disable Secure Boot, I can boot from Kali with no problem, but then Win10/BitLocker complains. Naturally, I ...
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Kali linux iwlwifi-7265D.11-12.ucode

Hello everyone, I'm trying to figure out how to fix this without reinstalling the operating system. I know their fixes for this, I have been on many different sites looking at this problem. ...
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How to make a bootable windows USB in Kali Linux

When I tried to boot my PC into Windows 10 I got a screen with a sad face saying unmountable_boot_volume. After searching it said I needed a Windows 10 USB or CD which I do not have. I still have ...
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How do I make a bootable USB flash disk of Windows setup on my Kali Linux system?

I have Kali Linux currently running on my laptop. I want to install Windows 7. I don't have CD ROM ,how do I make bootable USB having Windows ISO? Which software will help me? Or just how to make ...
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Kali Linux on WSL: Invalid repository signature and no gpg installed to fix

I recently installed Kali under WSL, but I'm unable to run apt install (from network), apt update (to completion) or apt upgrade. The Kali repository is the sole member of sources.list, but its PGP ...
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apt-get update issue in Kali

I'm running Kali Linux in WSL2. It's a new installation (using wsl --install) but when I try to apt-get update I get the following error: W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The ...
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