I want to change my password and username in kali Linux but I have found out that before changing password I should make sure of two things: 1- I'm using an active grub bootloader 2- my bootloader in not locked. I have no idea how I'm supposed to check this things out. I would appreciate any help either about this or how to change username and password.
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Linux: Reset User Password
I want to change my password and username in kali Linux
Changing password in Kali is not part of the Settings Manager (posted here from my Kali machine)
To Change Password:
Open a terminal window and run:
sudo passwd USERNAME
(where USERNAME is the name of the user whose password you want to change).
Type your user password.
Type the new password for the other user.
Retype the new password.
Close the terminal.
Restart your system to test.
To Change Username:
Best and safest way in any operating system is to make a new user with new user profile and password. Copy your data into the new profile and when fully tested, delete the user and profile you do not want.
