How To Create A Low Privileged User Account In Kali Linux Repair Guide

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Introduction

Step 1

              Open Kali's command line Terminal               

• Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open the Terminal Interface.

Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open the Terminal Interface.

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Step 2

              Enter the following command               

• Enter the command sudo adduser ‘username’
• Enter the username of your choice in the space that says user name.
• You will be asked to add a password to the new user, while no password shows up in the terminal, YOU are still typing the password. Its hidden due to linux security
• Verify that the command worked properly by using the command ls /home/

Enter the command sudo adduser ‘username’

Enter the username of your choice in the space that says user name.

You will be asked to add a password to the new user, while no password shows up in the terminal, YOU are still typing the password. Its hidden due to linux security

Verify that the command worked properly by using the command ls /home/

Step 3

              Add user to Sudoers Group & BASH               

• Enter the command sudo usermod -aG sudo username
• This command is used to add users to the “superuser do” group to allow the account to run commands with the sudo command.
• Next enter the command sudo chsh -s /bin/bash Username

Enter the command sudo usermod -aG sudo username

This command is used to add users to the “superuser do” group to allow the account to run commands with the sudo command.

Next enter the command sudo chsh -s /bin/bash Username

This feature has changed a bit since the 2020.4 update, but is great for creating multiple user accounts if needed.

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