Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing - Second Edition

User account setup

After you have Kali set up and running, you'll need to add the normal user account to the system to make it your Daily Driver. The User Manager applications were not loaded with most of the Kali distros. They can be installed, but the easiest method and the one that works on all distros is the good old useradd command from the Terminal, as shown in the next screenshot.

The user for this and all other user processes is root:

Adding an admin user

To break down the meanings of the command options, the following is an example of adding user fred with a password of Password. Be sure to change the username and password to your ...