How To Automatically Login Kali Linux ~ iExplo1t

By default Kali uses gmd3 (GNOME Display Manager). However, you can install KDE and use kdm in Kali Linux. I’ll show both auto login here.

Auto login – GNOME

Just open and edit the file called /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf, assuming you’re using GNOME Display Manager(gmd3) a your main Display Manager.

root@kali:~# leafpad /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

In the daemon section un-comment the 2 lines for automatic login. It should finally look like this

[daemon]
# Enabling automatic login
  AutomaticLoginEnable = true
  AutomaticLogin = root

Auto login root user at system start in Kali Linux - GNOME and KDE - blackMORE Ops

That’s it. Too easy. In case you’re wondering how to use a different user than root, here’s how

[daemon]
# Enabling automatic login
  AutomaticLoginEnable = true
  AutomaticLogin = myanotheruser

Reboot

Last but not the least, reboot to check if it worked.

reboot

Enjoy your auto autologin to Kali Linux GNOME gdm3.

Auto login – KDE

Edit the file called /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc, assuming you’re using KDE Display Manager(kdm4) a your main Display Manager.

root@kali:~# leafpad /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc

Add the following lines to the end of this file:

[X-:0-Core]
AllowRootLogin=true
AutoLoginAgain=true
AutoLoginDelay=0
AutoLoginEnable=true
AutoLoginLocked=false
AutoLoginUser=root
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors

In this example AutoLoginUser specifies which user will auto login into KDE using kdm4. You can change it from root to myanotheruser.

Here’s the catch, you can’t autologin as root in KDE unless you specify AllowRootLogin=true. There’s multiple forums that talks about this, I have yet to find any other solution than outlined here. However, depending on how you’ve setup your KDE, you might already have some of stuffs in the section mentioned above. Just change values to match the code above and you’re all set.

Don’t forget to share with KDE buddies about this.

Reboot

As always reboot to confirm if auto login root user is working or not.

reboot

That’s it.