Friday 7 June 2013

Using Kali Linux as main Operating System

If you are a fan of kali linux then probably you may want to use it as your main operating system (i do).
Here are following thumbs Up to use it as main OS
  • It is based on most popular rock solid debian wheezy, which is now stable release of debian.
  • It is as stable as debian wheezy
  • Large package repository. One can use almost all the packages that can be used on debian wheezy
  • Regular updates available.
And following thumbs Down for not to use it as main OS
  • It is designed for pentesting (with some modifications in kernel) and has lot of pentest/exploiting tools pre-installed
  • It work with root (super user) account

That's ok, but what's the verdict? Should we use it as main OS or not?
In my openion we can use it as main OS but we should use it with non-root user for regular use, and use root login only for pentesting.
Here is how you can create regular (non-root) user
Open terminal and type following to create new user (replace user1 with your desired user name)
useradd -m user1
Now set password for this user
passwd user1
    Enter desired password twice.
Add user to sudo group so  you can run common commands (like fdisk -l)
usermod -a -G sudo user1
4. Change default shell of previously created user to bash
chsh -s /bin/bash user1
All done! Now logout from root account and login as non-root user.
Enjoy Kali Linux as your main OS.
Note: If you like to strenghten the secuity then you should also setup firewall rules using gufw or firestarter.

2 comments:

  1. I want to use it as a main OS i love how it works can in one hack you when root say if you get a new user? our know who you our?

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  2. I want to use it as a main OS i love how it works can in one hack you when root say if you get a new user? our know who you our?

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