Unable to login as root after PWK upgrade to Kali Linux 2.0

[goku-vinu]

Hi All,

I tried upgrading my Kali Linux PWK VM from version 1.1.0a to Kali Linux 2.0 using below steps:

cat << EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security/ sana/updates main contrib non-free
EOF

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot

Note:

one thing I noticed when I execute "reboot" command in stdout is:

"Failed to talk to init daemon."

Upgrade went well but after the upgrade, I am unable to login as root user using my old root password.

I tried reseting the same by login to single user shell, was able to reset the password successfully in single user shell but when I reboot the VM, new password is also not working.

Any help is appreciated..

[goku-vinu]

Hi All,

I tried upgrading my Kali Linux PWK VM from version 1.1.0a to Kali Linux 2.0 using below steps:

cat << EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security/ sana/updates main contrib non-free
EOF

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot

Note:

one thing I noticed when I execute "reboot" command in stdout is:

"Failed to talk to init daemon."

Upgrade went well but after the upgrade, I am unable to login as root user using my old root password.

I tried reseting the same by login to single user shell, was able to reset the password successfully in single user shell but when I reboot the VM, new password is also not working.

Any help is appreciated..

I was not able to fix this issue, so downloaded Kali 2.0 ISO & re-installed the OS from scratch.

[j.padmos]

Ugh, this sucks so bad.

I used to make a kali 1.1.0a install usb with UUI to install kali to USB as if it was a HD. On 1.1.0.a it worked great, it ran fast and never had any problems while running on every computer I plugged it into.

After downloading the Kali 2 ISO I followed the very same steps and it didn't work anymore. I retried multiple times and somehow my USB just wouldn't boot. Aside from that the live CD was slow as ****.

So I reinstalled 1.1.0a figuring I could just try to update it. Which it did perfectly until I rebooted, my disk encryption password at boot remained the same but root password is incorrect... In other words; F*ck Kali 2, I'm going back to 1.1.0a