How to create a Low Privileged User Account in Kali Linux

Introduction

This guide will demonstrate how to create a Low Privileged User Account for Kali Linux. If you don't want to use the default Kali user account, or need to create an account for another user, this is the guide you'll need.

Step 1 Open Kali's command line Terminal

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Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open the Terminal Interface.

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Step 2 Enter the following command

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Enter the command sudo adduser 'username'
Enter the username of your choice in the space that says user name.
You will be asked to add a password to the new user, while no password shows up in the terminal, YOU are still typing the password. Its hidden due to linux security
Verify that the command worked properly by using the command ls /home/

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Step 3 Add user to Sudoers Group & BASH

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Enter the command sudo usermod -aG sudo username
This command is used to add users to the "superuser do" group to allow the account to run commands with the sudo command.
Next enter the command sudo chsh -s /bin/bash Username