How to Enable root Login on Kali Linux | Kali Linux 2022.3

In this article, we are going to learn how to enable and disable root login on Kali Linux. We all know now Kali Linux disables the root login by default. We have to log in as a standard user account which is created while we install the Kali Linux on our PC/Laptop. We can not log in as root. So we have to enable it or you can disable it if you want. So let’s start.

Update Kali Linux

So first of all we have to update the Kali Linux using this command:

$ sudo apt update

Enable root Login on Kali Linux

So we have to enable root Login on Kali Linux. So we need a sudo privilege user’s account. So you have permission or privilege to run all the commands with sudo. So install kali-root-login package using this command:

$ sudo apt install kali-root-login -y

Login as root in terminal

We have to log in as root in the terminal. You can log in with the following command:

$ sudo -i

Set the root Password

Now using the following command you can set the new password for your root account.

# passwd root

Now we have enable root Login on Kali Linux, We have to logout from the current account and login with root.

Login as root

Now here enter the root as username and enter the new password to login as root.

So this is the way how to Enable root Login on Kali Linux. Now you can verify the login user using whoami or pwd command.

Disable Root Login on Kali Linux

To disable the root account first of all logout from root account. And login as normal user. Now we have to remove the kali-root-login package using this command:

$ sudo apt --purge remove kali-root-login -y

Remove the root Password

If you are still login as root. You have to  using the following command you can remove the password for your root account.

$ sudo passwd -l root

So this is the way how to disable root Login on Kali Linux. .

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