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Thread: Terminal wont go into root!?

  1. #1
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    Unhappy Terminal wont go into root!?

    For some reason when i open up the shell, it is not in root. when i open the shell from the nethunter menu, it is still not in root. Before it said: root@kali and now it says u0_a81@grouper:/ $. Everything was working before. I tired running sudo su but nothing happened. How can i change back to root?

  2. #2
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    If you open the terminal from outside the Nethunter app you will always see u0_a81@grouper:/ $. because when the Nethunter app launches the terminal shell, it automatically boots the Kali chroot and grants super user permission.

    What you need to do is type:

    su
    bootkali <--- This will take you to root@kali
    kalimenu <--- This will take you to the Kali menu

    If you tried that and it's not working, reboot your nexus 7.

  3. #3
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    I am also facing same issue.tried above commands but not worked.
    Show message :
    tmp-mksh:kalimenu: not found

  4. #4
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    do it this way :

    first write :
    su root
    and press enter

    then write only in terminal :
    bootkali
    and press enter

    then let us know what happened

  5. #5
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    u0_a85@grouper:/ $ su root
    root@grouper:/ # bootkali
    root@grouper:/ # kalimenu
    tmp-mksh: kalimenu: not found
    127|root@grouper:/ #

  6. #6
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    if you have any terminal app on your device then try this :
    su
    cd system/bin
    bootkali

  7. #7
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    Thanks a lot pedropt for your reply..
    Unfortunately it is still not resolved.
    u0_a85@grouper:/ $ su
    root@grouper:/ # cd system/bin
    root@grouper:/system/bin # bootkali
    root@grouper:/system/bin # kalimenu
    tmp-mksh: kalimenu: not found


    Please help me and get me out of this issue.

  8. #8
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    I am trying to figure out if your kali installation is completely wiped or just the start up scripts .

    Check if you have this directory structure in your device .



    in case you have then for some reason the startup scripts could be missing from your bin folder .

    Get a file explorer to check if you still hve nethunter in your device .

  9. #9
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    I had the same problem too but with a bit of trail and error and a bit of thought. I tried this:

    sudo su

    It worked! Let me know if it does for you too.

  10. #10
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    Maybe this helps. I installed Magisk Manager. From there, I can provide superuser permissions to Terminal.

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