Setup Kalilinux Hyper-V

Short cheat sheet for setting up a new hyper- v with kalilinux

1. Download Image
2. Install Image on Hyper-V

Change Resolution

sudo vi /etc/default/grub

Set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, to quiet video=hyperv_fb:"1920x1080"

Update Grup

sudo update-grub

Reboot

sudo shutdown -r now

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/archive/blogs/virtual_pc_guy/changing-ubuntu-screen-resolution-in-a-hyper-v-vm

Remote Access

Teamviewer

root@kali:~# wget https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/teamviewer_amd64.deb
root@kali:~# dpkg -i teamviewer_amd64.deb

root@kali:~# apt -f install

root@kali:~# teamviewer --daemon enable

XRDP – Remote Desktop

Install and start xrdp

sudo apt update
sudo apt install xrdp

sudo systemctl enable xrdp
sudo systemctl restart xrdp

Fix Polkit

create polkit rule

vi /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/02-allow-colord.rules

Add the following

restart polkit

sudo systemctl restart polkit

check, if xrdp is listening on port 3389

sudo netstat -tulpn | grep LISTEN 

source: https://rafaelhart.com/2019/10/installing-xrdp-on-kali-linux/

Mount SMB share

Create credential file with username and password for the share

vi .cred

username=myuser
password=mypass

change ownership and rights

sudo chown root .cred
sudo chmod 600 .cred

create fstab cifs entry

sudo vi /etc/fstab

Add the following:

//Server/Folder /mnt/target/folder cifs credentials=/home/myuser/.cred,uid=1000,gid=1000         0 0

//Server/Folder = ne smb network share

//mnt/target/folder = where you want to link the share to

/home/myuser/.cred = the path to the .cred file

uid and gid= the user and groupId of the user you want to have access to the share

check if it works with

sudo mount -a

source= https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Samba_Client_cifs/

Setup Tmux

Install tmux

apt install tmux

create new config

vi ~/.tmux.conf