How to Reset Forgotten Password on Kali Linux

If you have forgotten the root password to your Kali Linux machine, you may be locked out and not able to log in. This video shows how to reset the Kali Linux root password from the login screen. The same method should also work on similar Linux distributions such as Debian and Ubuntu.

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[FaithWarrior]

You're a literal lifesaver! I slacked off on learning Kali and finally returned today, only to discover that I'd completely forgotten the complex manner in how I'd typed my initial password for the machine. So glad I checked the internet before deciding to go through the inevitable pain and time of having to reinstall the whole thing.

[iLieOfficial]

Seriously, though, I couldn't have done it without you. You saved me a ton of time and frustration, and I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate it. You're doing great work, and you're making a real difference in the tech community. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Keep up the amazing work, and I look forward to checking out more of your content in the future. Peace!

[asimkhanmahorvani]

Thank you !!! Saved me from reinstalling Kali and redoing all the previous lectures.

[DavidAlvesWeb]

Short and straight to the point! Thanks for this tutorial my friend!
Great video as always 😎

[M.W.]

This was too easy lol! Thank you kind Sir!! Also, bonus points for speaking clear english, having clean sound and great articulation! You have a new subscriber....take care man!!

[draido-dev]

Bro you don't know how much you helped me, you literally save me from waiting 2 hours for kali to reinstall!

[AnthonyD-qg]

Man... THANK YOU! had troulble on restart, but "reboot -f" got me outta there and the password change had saved, ALL GOOD! saved me hours of reloading all the extras i had installed! oh by the way i was in virtual box! thanks CONDA!!!

[swifttransactions]

You earned a subscriber, I wasn’t paying attention when I installed Kali to repair windows. I know my way around Debian and Kali but didn’t think to use the bootloader

[MattyPrograms]

Wow, incredibly helpful! Thank you so much! For anyone reading the comments before watching the video....if this is your issue, your problem will be solved in under 3 minutes.

[abraham]

I sincerly appreciate the effort you put into this video. Have had the problem of not being able to execute certain commands due to not having the privilege and now, that problem is solved thanks to you. Salut!

[DragonDark]

Guys if doesn't works the method, tries this before of passwd:

1 #: mount -o remount, rw /
2 #: chmod 0640 /etc/shadow
3 #: passwd (The same than show up the video)

reboot the machine and done.

[jamargregory]

Straight to the point and very detailed we need more of these tutorials

[cryyyyy]

i love you. youre the only person that showed me how to change passwd for specific users. Simple cmd but only you showed this.

[andyli]

Pro Tip: always use the default creds, that way you will never forget the password

[jonathanhickman]

Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to do this. You just saved me alot of time from doing another re-installs.

[zToxin]

Dude thank you so much. I am learning to hack and I forgot about it for a while and came back to a locked vm with a password I didn't remember. You're a life saver

[ArisandiSatriaJeujanan]

You don't know how I appreciate this. I really thanks from the bottom of my heart. Hope you enjoy your day

[jodyw]

Thank you! You saved my life! We made dual boot PCs last year, and I couldn’t for the life of me get the password to work, even though it was an easy one. Turns out it was the user name I was getting wrong, now I have stored it somewhere. It’s been about a year since I could access Kali. Yippee!
Now to work out why it starts Kali first and not Windows the default.

[arnavkumar]

LIFE SAVER!!! LEARNED SO MUCH. I'm actually glad I forgot my password(very irresponsible of me).

[cycomike]

Everything works up until having to reboot the final time. Reason being is I am not on a virtual machine. I have a dedicated system. Reboot command doesn't work what do I do?