Practical Web Penetration Testing

Security management

Managing users in Kali is not an everyday task, but you will probably use it occasionally. Personally, I rarely use the following commands, but sometimes, you might need to handle user management:

• To add a user with sudo capabilities in Kali, use the following command:

useradd -m [username] -G sudo -s /bin/bash

• If you're logged in and you want to elevate your privilege to a root user, try this command:

su - [desired root user name]

• If you're logged in and you want to execute a root command, use the following:

sudo [application name]

• To change the root (or any user's) password, use the following:

passwd [user name]

• The shadow file is important in Kali, because it stores the hashed passwords and some useful information ...