HOW TO RESET KALI-LINUX PASSWORD

GENERALLY WE USE IT ON  VMWARE or VIRTUALBOX

SO AT STARTING POINT WHILE OPENING KALI LINUX

IN GNU GRUB CHOOSE 'ADVANCED OPTIONS FOR KALI GNU/LINUX'

DON’T CLICK "ENTER" JUST CLICK "E"

THEN U WILL GET A WINDOW THEN CLICK "ENTER"

THEN U WILL SEE 'ADVANCED OPTIONS FOR KALI GNU/LINUX (RECOVERY MODE)'

IN SOME CASES U WILL DIRECTLY GETS INTO RECOVERY MODE

THEN IN THAT FOLLOWING PANEL

SCROLL DOWN UNTIL U SEE 'dal ro single initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz'


NOW REPLACE 'ro' AS 'rw' AND AFTER 'initrd.gz' TYPE AS 'init=/bin/bash'

AND CLICK "CTRL + X" TO REBOOT

THEN THE ACTIONS TAKES PLACE...

AFTER SOMETIME YOU WILL FIND 'root@(none):/#'

AT THERE TYPE THE COMMAND 'passwod root' AND CLICK ENTER

AFTER IT ASKS AS 'Enter new UNIX password'

THEN TYPE YOUR NEW PASSWORD..BUT U CANNOT SEE WHAT YOU HAD TYPED AT THERE

THEN IT ASKS AGAIN 'retype new UNIX password'

THEN RETYPE YOUR NEW PASSWORD AGAIN..THEN CLICK ENTER

SUCCESS!

YOU ARE SUCCESSFULLY RESETTED YOUR PASSWORD.