File sharing in a Windows networked machines is simple. But sharing file between Kali Linux and Windows has a bit complicated process. You need to know both Linux and Windows file sharing protocols and utilities to share file between Kali Linux and Windows 10. Previously, we wrote many articles about sharing files between different operating system. Here we completely focus an easy way to share file between Kali Linux and Windows 10.

The process to Share file between Kali Linux and Windows.

1. Check network connectivity.
2. Enable Windows File Sharing.
3. Create a Share folder in Windows.
4. Configure Kali Linux File Sharing.
5. Install “cifs-utils” for mounting the shared folder in Linux.
6. Access Windows shared folder from Linux.
7. Sharing file between Linux and Windows.

Share File between Kali Linux and Windows 10

Do all the process of above list to enable file sharing between Kali Linux and Windows 10. Before starting the file sharing, make sure your Windows and Linux machine are works properly.

Note: Here I just explain some important commands. All the process are explained clearly in the video at the end of this post.

1. Check Network Connectivity

Checking network connectivity with “ipconfig” command in Windows and “ifconfig” command in Kali Linux. Your computer must be on the same network.

The “ipconfig” command shows IP address configuration of Windows operating system. And the “ifconfig” command shows the Linux IP address and network configuration.

Related: How to network Linux and Windows 10?

2. Enable Windows File Sharing.

I don’t want to explain it again. You can check the process of enabling file sharing in Windows 10 on the above network Linux and Windows article. From advanced sharing settings of Windows, expand All Networks and turn on public file sharing and disable password protection option then click Save Changes.

Do the step 3 create a folder and share it for file sharing. This folder will be accessible from Linux.

5. Install “cifs-utils” for mounting the shared folder in Linux.

The CIFS filesystem is the preferred method for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on Linux. The in-kernel CIFS filesystem relies on a set of user-space tools. That package of tools is called cifs-utils. Although not really part of Samba proper, these tools were originally part of the Samba package.

To install “cifs-utils” type “apt-get install cifs-utils” in termial.

6. Access Windows shared folder from Linux.

Finally, access the shared folder of Windows 10 from Kali Linux. Try to mount the shared folder with “mount.cifs“command. This will mount the shared folder to the Linux system.

Command details: 

• mount.cifs: is the command for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on Linux.
• //Win10: is the Windows 10 computer name. You can use the IP address as well.
• /SharedFiles: is the name of Windows 10 shared folder.
• /root: Kali Linux, root user.
• /Desktop: desktop directory of the Kali Linux, root user.
• /NetworkFiles: is the folder on the Kali Linux desktop for mounting shared files.
• -o user=shais: is the mount.cifs command option for specifying Windows user name and password.

Sharing File between Windows 10 and Kali Linux video tutorial

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We received many questions about Kali Linux apt-get update not working. Let’s fix unable to locate package update in Kali Linux correctly. The single most common causes of a broken Kali Linux installation are following unofficial advice, and particularly arbitrarily populating the system’s sources.List file with unofficial repositories. The following post aims to clarify what repositories should exist in sources.list, and when they should be used.

This repository is actually Debian’s Testing distribution with all the kali-specific packages (available in the kali-dev-only repository) force-injected with Kali packages taking precedence over the Debian packages. Sometimes when Testing changes, some Kali packages must be updated and this will not happen immediately. During this time, kali-dev is likely to be broken. This repository is where Kali developers push updated packages and is the basis used to create kali-rolling.

Fix Unable to Locate Package Update in Kali Linux

To fix the broken Kali Linux installation just change the repository source from sources.list file. Open the sources.list file with a text editor and replace with the below sources list.

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb http://old.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
deb http://old.kali.org/kali moto main non-free contrib

1. Type “leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list” command in terminal to open the sources.list file with Leafpad text editor.
2. Clean the sources.list old contents.
3. Copy and paste all above list to the sources.list file.
4. Save the Kali Linux sources.list file and close it.
5. Clean the apt-get cached files with “apt-get clean” command.
6. Finally, type “apt-get update” command to start the update.

Finally, the result should be like the below screenshot.

Read more about Kali Linux update repository.

The Kali Rolling Repository

Kali-Rolling is our current active repository since the release of Kali 2016.1. Kali Rolling users are expected to have the following entries in their sources.list:

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
# For source package access, uncomment the following line
# deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

For access to the retired sana repositories, have the following entries in your sources.list:

deb http://old.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
# For source package access, uncomment the following line
# deb-src http://old.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib

Retired Kali moto (1.0) Repositories

For access to the retired moto repositories, have the following entries in your sources.list:

deb http://old.kali.org/kali moto main non-free contrib
# For source package access, uncomment the following line
# deb-src http://old.kali.org/kali moto main non-free contrib

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 _Kali_ - Official Snapshot i386 LIVE/INSTALL $
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 _Kali_ - Official Snapshot i386 LIVE/INSTALL $
## Security updates
deb http://http.kali.org/ /kali main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/ /wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main/debian-installer
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main/debian-installer
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-fr$

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Linux desktop and server virtualization configuration on VMware is a hot topic of networking and cloud computing. You have installed a Linux on your virtualized lab but not work perfectly. After installing Linux on a VMware, you need to install VMware tools correctly to integrate virtual machine with the host system. VMware tools are a suite of utilities that enhance the performance of the virtual machines guest operating system and improves the management of the virtual machine. Without VMware Tools installed in your guest operating system, guest performance lacks important functionality.

Installing VMware Tools eliminates or improves these issues:

• Low video resolution.
• Inadequate colour depth.
• Incorrect display of network speed.
• Restricted movement of the mouse.
• Inability to copy and paste and drag-and-drop files.
• Missing sound.
• Provides the ability to take quiesced snapshots of the guest OS.
• Synchronizes the time in the guest operating system with the time on the host.

VMware Tools includes these components:

• The VMware Tools service.
• VMware device drivers.
• The VMware user process.
• VMware Tools control panel.

Read more about VMware Tools features and functionalities on overview of VMware tools.

Install VMware Tools Correctly on Ubuntu Linux

The steps to install VMware Tools vary depending on the VMware product and the guest operating system you have installed. In this post, we are going to install VMware tools correctly on Linux Ubuntu using VMware workstation. The host system is a Windows 10.

1. Right-click the Ubuntu virtual machine on VMware workstation then click Install VMware Tools to mount the VMware tools to DVD Rom.

2. Open the DVD on the Ubuntu sidebar and copy the VMware-tools-distrib from inside the VMwareTools***tar.gz compressed file to the desktop.

3. Now, run the terminal command line and navigate to VMware folder on the desktop. Type “cd Desktop” to go to the desktop directory, then type “ls” to see what you have on your desktop. Navigate to VMware tools folder with “cd” (change directory) command.

4. Finally, type the “sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d” command to start VMware tools installation. When the installation has been finished, once restart your system to apply the changes.

5. Check the final reports whether the installation finished successfully or not. If you experience issues when installing VMware Tools, comment us for troubleshooting help.

Additional Information:

The VMware Tools are normally bundled with VMware products as well as security updates when applicable. As of VMware Tools version, customers also have the option to download from My VMware. Two different downloadable archives are presented, one for recent guest Operating System releases and another that covers older, legacy guest operating system versions. VMware Tools are typically forward and backward compatible with several product releases. For more information, see VMware Compatibility Guide.

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Installing a dual boot windows and Kali Linux operating system beside each other in a PC is not appealing much for Windows. But you must do it carefully, maybe you will lose all your hard disk data and information.

To do a dual boot windows and Kali Linux you must have a Kali Linux DVD or a Bootable USB flash drive. In order to create a boot-able USB read the article how to create a Kali Linux  Bootable USB. This will help you simply download Kali Linux and create a boot able USB flash. Next prepare your system hard disk to host a Linux by shrinking the existing drive or use empty ones.

So everything is ready to boot your system with Kali boot-able USB and see the bellow screen.

Now select install and press enter to start installation of Kali.

Select the language and press enter. You can leave it by default as well but better to set you specific location.

In this page select the keyboard you want and press enter.

In the configure the network page, set a host name for Kali Linux or leave it by default kali and press enter.

Next page in domain name don’t type anything, leave empty and press enter.

For set up users and passwords, set a password for root user and press enter.

Just retype the password again and press enter.

In configure the clock page, select the location for system time.

In the Partition disks page select Guided – use the largest continuous free space and press enter

Be careful!. Don’t select entire disk options, these will remove all your hard disk data and recreate the partitions for Linux.

If the Guided – use the largest continuous free space doesn’t work or you faced with some installation error issue, select Manual and create the partitions manually.

Now select Separate /home partition and press enter.This will create tow partition, one for system files another for users profile.

Finally select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk and press enter.

Select Yes by Tab button to accept bring changes to hard disk and press enter.

Now partitions has been created and system will install the Kali Linux.

It takes time to install but don’t do anything. Let the installation process complete successfully.

When ask you to Configure the package manager select No and press enter.

In the Install the boot loader on a hard disk page select Yes and press enter.

Now in the Finish the installation page select Continue and press enter.

Finally the installation has finished successfully, you can log in with root user.

Welcome to Kali Linux.

When you restart your PC, you will see the Linux boot manager with windows boot option.

Hope, it can help you to learn more.

I have install it very easy and simple, but for new Linux users it is difficult to install and run a Linux for the first time. Specially when you are using the tools of Hackers like Kali Linux or Back track.

If you want to start Linux, the best Linux Operating System for starter is Ubuntu Desktop. It’s much better and easy with graphical interface. The repository  or software center of Ubuntu is rich and have all Windows alternative software. It’s hard to migrate completely from Windows to Linux but easy to learn and use both of them.

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