Setting up a new Kali VM

Setting up a new Kali VM

Change Username, Hostname and password

Log in as the current user, then switch to root:

sudo su

Enable root login:

sudo passwd root

Sign out and sign back in as root.

Rename old user:

killall -u kali
usermod -l pickle kali
groupmod -n pickle kali
mv /home/kali /home/pickle
usermod -d /home/pickle pickle
chown -R pickle:pickle /home/pickle
passwd pickle
find /home/pickle -type f -exec sed -i 's|/home/kali|/home/pickle|g' {} +

Replace Hostname:

echo "pickle" > /etc/hostname
sed -i "s/kali/pickle/g" /etc/hosts
reboot

Pimp-my-Kali

git clone https://github.com/Dewalt-arch/pimpmykali.git
cd pimpmykali
sudo ./pimpmykali.sh

Select N for new setup

Oh-My-Zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Configure Themes:

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

Configure Shadow Command History:

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Update ~/.zshrc

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"
plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)
source ~/.zshrc

Installing Extra Packages

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y rlwrap curl git htop wget build-essential unzip
wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.21.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.21.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Install fd and rg for quick search and find (fd finds files by name, rg finds files by content)

sudo apt install -y fd-find ripgrep
sudo ln -s $(which fdfind) /usr/local/bin/fd

Resizing disk

If you changed the disk size in the VM settings, you will need to repartition.

lsblk

NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda      8:0    0  100G  0 disk 
└─sda1   8:1    0 80.1G  0 part /

sudo gparted
  • In the GParted interface:
    • Select your virtual disk (e.g., /dev/sda).
    • Locate the unallocated space at the end of the disk.
    • Right-click on the root partition (e.g., /dev/sda1) and select Resize/Move.
    • Drag the slider to expand the partition to use all the unallocated space.
  • Click Apply (green tick) to make the changes.
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