[Aut•ono•mous]

Kali Linux Network 'Not Configured'

So I haven't used Kali Linux a whole lot yet, dedicated my downtime tonight to learning it while I'm free. I do have some experience in Backtrack so its not too much more to learn, thankfully.

After installing in VMware I ran into a plethora of issues, one of them being one I'll go over now that I've seen a lot of users experiencing as well.

When logging on & trying to get connected, I'm told the network isn't configured.



When running

Code:

ifconfig -a

This is displayed;



So I decided to head over to..

Code:

/etc/network

and

Code:

/etc/NetworkManager/

..to see if maybe there was an issue in one of the configurations, well I found in /etc/NetworkManager/ that ifupdown was set to unmanaged.



So what's the fix?

Change the configuration file's content to;

Code:

[main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=true

In some cases, the ifupdown reference is missing all together, in which case you can go ahead & add it in there.

After you save, go ahead & reboot & when you come back, voila! You're configured & connected.



Hope this helps someone.

[chmod]

Nicely written, Kali/Backtrack has always had a lot of issues (VPN's used to be another big one, but looks as though that's been fixed) and it's one of the reasons I stay away from it (I'm lazy and don't have the time to fix all the bugs and broken packages, and find it easier to configure a standard distro to work with the tools I need)

[Aut•ono•mous]

Nicely written, Kali/Backtrack has always had a lot of issues (VPN's used to be another big one, but looks as though that's been fixed) and it's one of the reasons I stay away from it (I'm lazy and don't have the time to fix all the bugs and broken packages, and find it easier to configure a standard distro to work with the tools I need)

I've always used OpenSUSE for any kind of hacking, but I've been seeing a lot of nice tutorials with Kali so I had to try it.

Besides, I used to have the shittiest internet (PenTeleData = shit), so it was convenient to have all my tools already installed on Backtrack so I could use them on-demand, but definitely agree with your statement about bugs, I mean, if you look at most of my Backtrack tutorials ..they involve fixing bugs. xD

[chmod]

Nicely written, Kali/Backtrack has always had a lot of issues (VPN's used to be another big one, but looks as though that's been fixed) and it's one of the reasons I stay away from it (I'm lazy and don't have the time to fix all the bugs and broken packages, and find it easier to configure a standard distro to work with the tools I need)

I've always used OpenSUSE for any kind of hacking, but I've been seeing a lot of nice tutorials with Kali so I had to try it.

Besides, I used to have the shittiest internet (PenTeleData = shit), so it was convenient to have all my tools already installed on Backtrack so I could use them on-demand, but definitely agree with your statement about bugs, I mean, if you look at most of my Backtrack tutorials ..they involve fixing bugs. xD

Yeah I agree that it has everything you'll want (and a tonne more) when it comes to tools, but it's buggy, bloated and insecure so I tend to stay away from it.

I use Fedora myself which has a decent amount of security tools in the repo's which makes it convenient but truth be told you can turn just about any distro into a pen testing suite if you put the time, effort and bandwidth into it.

[Nick Saban]

Nice tut. All Kali or BT is, is a distro with a bunch of tools that you can download to any linux distro you want, such as OpenSUSE as you say.
I had 2 college courses in NOS using Suse SLES.

[Aut•ono•mous]

Nice tut. All Kali or BT is, is a distro with a bunch of tools that you can download to any linux distro you want, such as OpenSUSE as you say.
I had 2 college courses in NOS using Suse SLES.

All my courses were SUSE oriented as well, its definitely my favorite flavor.

Its in the same sense that you pay 10% more at a gas station than a grocery store, you're paying for the convenience.

Kali, I will say, did improve a lot of security flaws that were in Backtrack, but still inferior.

[L0aD1nG]

Did this happened on version 1.0.8 cause it seems new to me, I am away from kali linux a long time but back in the days that bug didn't exist others did. :epic:

Nice tutorial well written.
Thanks for sharing.