USING KALI LINUX

Setting Up Kali Linux

• To download the latest version of Kali Linux from
http://www.kali.org/.
• Steps for installing the kali linux 1.0.6
1. Once the 7-Zip archive is decompressed, in VMware go to
File4Open and direct it to the file Kali Linux 1.0.6 32 bit.vmx .

2. Once the virtual machine opens, click the Play button

and, when prompted as choose I copied it.

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3. As Kali Linux boots up.Choose the top (default) highlighted
option
4. Once Kali Linux boots, you will be
presented with a login screen
5. Click Other and enter the default credentials for
Kali Linux, root:toor, Then click the Log In button.
6. You will be presented with a screen like
 Linux Command Line
• The Linux command line looks like this:
root@kali:~#

• To view the contents of root’s home directory

root@kali:~# ls
Desktop
 The Linux Filesystem
• To see your current directory,

root@kali:~# pwd
/root
• Changing Directories

root@kali:~/Desktop# cd ..
root@kali:~/# cd ../etc
root@kali:/etc#
Learning About Commands: The Man Pages
• To learn more about a command and its options and arguments