Is there a headless release of kali linux already? Or how does one go about it rolling their own?
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Is there a headless release of kali linux already? Or how does one go about it rolling their own?
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I have the same need - did you manage to figure it out? If yes, can you share your experience?
We have completely headless board (x86) where we would like to try Kali.
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I too would like to find or build a headless version. In the meantime, you could try changing the default target to run multi-user instead of graphical. It doesn't remove the GUI just doesn't start it by default therefor saving the memory.
systemctl set-default multi-user.target
More about systemd here: http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-docs.html
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i made my own live-build-config to create a headless version.
all i did was just remove kali-desktop-gnome from the package-lists file and set sshd to autostart with the OS (off by default).
if you're lazy i have a git repo you can get my config from
https://github.com/St0ner1995/live-build-config
just clone that and run this from the live-build-config folder:
./build.sh --distribution kali-rolling --variant headless --verbose
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