Kali dbus and root user support

[jacob-horton]

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this issue, so let me know if I need to move it!

I would like to be able to use Kali linux, which requires root privileges for some applications. I have looked through the docs and have tried:

• Setting "user": "root" in docker run config
• Installing sudo and configuring it to be passwordless in the docker exec config

However, I encounter issues with both.

Preferably, I would use the kasm-user account with passwordless sudo.

This stuff is all kinda new to me, so I may be misunderstanding the following, but it seems the issues are:

• The root user doesn't have access to the X server, so cannot open graphical applications without running xhost +si:localuser:root first
• DBus is not running, meaning pkexec doesn't work. For example, the wireshark desktop file uses pkexec to elevate the user's privileges, so this fails to open unless starting DBus manually with sudo service dbus start
• Even with dbus running, I can't open wireshark because pkexec uses the terminal for password input. There also isn't a password for the root user (that I'm aware of). If the whole container is run as root though, this works (as it does not need a password)

I have found that I can run xhost +si:localuser:root in first_launch (in docker exec config), which fixes part of the problem, but I couldn't get DBus to start automatically.

I have tried playing around with Dockerfiles but had a similar issue.

Could I have some guidance on how to get root properly working on kali please?

[abdelllah-driouich]

Hey @jacob-horton , I have the same issues as you,

default:~$ sudo su [sudo] password for kasm-user: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for kasm-user: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for kasm-user: sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts default:~$ I try-ed , root, password, passowrdless, kali, and more. but no resulte^C default:~$

please if any one have any solution, It's urgent!

@Ian-Kasmweb

[MasterZhang007]

After reading the official docs and searching online, I confirmed that the image does not provide root user privileges