0006328: kali linux default username and password

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006328	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2020-04-26 22:47	2025-07-14 09:38

Reporter	snow2154	Assigned To	steev
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2020.1

Summary	0006328: kali linux default username and password
Description	i downloaded kali linux VMWare on 27/04/2020, i can't login while i'm using 'root' and 'toor'

X0RW3LL 2020-04-26 22:49 reporter ~0012676	Default username/password are now kali/kali root is no longer enabled by default: https://www.kali.org/news/kali-default-non-root-user/

steev 2020-04-26 23:19 reporter ~0012677	As noted by X0RW3LL, the default user is kali/kali - this is documented on the download page - https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vm-vmware-virtualbox-image-download/

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-04-26 22:47	snow2154	New Issue
2020-04-26 22:49	X0RW3LL	Note Added: 0012676
2020-04-26 23:19	steev	Assigned To	=> steev
2020-04-26 23:19	steev	Status	new => closed
2020-04-26 23:19	steev	Resolution	open => no change required
2020-04-26 23:19	steev	Note Added: 0012677
2025-07-14 09:36	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal
2025-07-14 09:38	g0tmi1k	Severity	crash => minor