Metasploitable 2 fsck dies on boot up
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I am not sure if this is the right site to ask this, if it is incorrect I am sorry. I will try to be brief.
Here is my problem: I am running Kali Linux on a usb with persistence, I installed virtual box and I am trying to run metasploitable 2. When I start it everything goes well until fsck dies with exit status 4. It then requests that fsck must be done manually however to do so I need the root password. I have tried msfadmin, root, toor, user and whatever I could find on the internet but nothing lets me log in.
I hope it is clear: without the password I can not utilize the shell given to me to manually do fsck.
EDIT: I will add a screenshot and hopefully that will make it more clear. Whats running in VirtualBox is metasploitable 2 which is a ubuntu 8.04. I understand that Linux its for professionals but having all those tools without having to worry about a thing (to set them up etc) is so nice.
kali-linux fsck metasploit
asked Dec 25 '17 at 20:47
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I am not sure if this is the right site to ask this, if it is incorrect I am sorry. I will try to be brief.
Here is my problem: I am running Kali Linux on a usb with persistence, I installed virtual box and I am trying to run metasploitable 2. When I start it everything goes well until fsck dies with exit status 4. It then requests that fsck must be done manually however to do so I need the root password. I have tried msfadmin, root, toor, user and whatever I could find on the internet but nothing lets me log in.
I hope it is clear: without the password I can not utilize the shell given to me to manually do fsck.
EDIT: I will add a screenshot and hopefully that will make it more clear. Whats running in VirtualBox is metasploitable 2 which is a ubuntu 8.04. I understand that Linux its for professionals but having all those tools without having to worry about a thing (to set them up etc) is so nice.
kali-linux fsck metasploit
asked Dec 25 '17 at 20:47
martini21
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Possible duplicate of Why is Kali Linux so hard to set up? Why won't people help me?
– jasonwryan
Dec 25 '17 at 21:01
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It's not clear to me which Linux instance is running the fsck and hence which instance you require the root password to - the Kali instance, or what ever is running in the VirtualBox. You could try and tidy the question up and that might help, but note that there will be pressure to close it, given it's related to Kali which is generally meant to be run by people with lots of Linux experience.
– EightBitTony
Dec 25 '17 at 22:50
It appears to be asking for the root password for the Ubuntu machine running in VMware, in order to fsck the read only mouted FS. The default password for root in metasploitable isrootbut the option to change it is given at first run....... did you change it?
– bu5hman
Dec 26 '17 at 11:32
I have not. It's the first time I run metasploitable. I emailed the developers and their answer was that either the quality of the USB is not the best or there is a bug on the overlay filesystem. I have given up trying and I am installing kali on an hdd. Thanks for the help anyways!
– martini21
Dec 27 '17 at 7:31
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I am not sure if this is the right site to ask this, if it is incorrect I am sorry. I will try to be brief.
Here is my problem: I am running Kali Linux on a usb with persistence, I installed virtual box and I am trying to run metasploitable 2. When I start it everything goes well until fsck dies with exit status 4. It then requests that fsck must be done manually however to do so I need the root password. I have tried msfadmin, root, toor, user and whatever I could find on the internet but nothing lets me log in.
I hope it is clear: without the password I can not utilize the shell given to me to manually do fsck.
EDIT: I will add a screenshot and hopefully that will make it more clear. Whats running in VirtualBox is metasploitable 2 which is a ubuntu 8.04. I understand that Linux its for professionals but having all those tools without having to worry about a thing (to set them up etc) is so nice.
kali-linux fsck metasploit
asked Dec 25 '17 at 20:47
martini21
61
I am not sure if this is the right site to ask this, if it is incorrect I am sorry. I will try to be brief.
Here is my problem: I am running Kali Linux on a usb with persistence, I installed virtual box and I am trying to run metasploitable 2. When I start it everything goes well until fsck dies with exit status 4. It then requests that fsck must be done manually however to do so I need the root password. I have tried msfadmin, root, toor, user and whatever I could find on the internet but nothing lets me log in.
I hope it is clear: without the password I can not utilize the shell given to me to manually do fsck.
EDIT: I will add a screenshot and hopefully that will make it more clear. Whats running in VirtualBox is metasploitable 2 which is a ubuntu 8.04. I understand that Linux its for professionals but having all those tools without having to worry about a thing (to set them up etc) is so nice.
kali-linux fsck metasploit
asked Dec 25 '17 at 20:47
martini21
61
edited Dec 26 '17 at 5:10
asked Dec 25 '17 at 20:47
martini21
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asked Dec 25 '17 at 20:47
martini21
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asked Dec 25 '17 at 20:47
martini21
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Possible duplicate of Why is Kali Linux so hard to set up? Why won't people help me?
– jasonwryan
Dec 25 '17 at 21:01
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It's not clear to me which Linux instance is running the fsck and hence which instance you require the root password to - the Kali instance, or what ever is running in the VirtualBox. You could try and tidy the question up and that might help, but note that there will be pressure to close it, given it's related to Kali which is generally meant to be run by people with lots of Linux experience.
– EightBitTony
Dec 25 '17 at 22:50
It appears to be asking for the root password for the Ubuntu machine running in VMware, in order to fsck the read only mouted FS. The default password for root in metasploitable isrootbut the option to change it is given at first run....... did you change it?
– bu5hman
Dec 26 '17 at 11:32
I have not. It's the first time I run metasploitable. I emailed the developers and their answer was that either the quality of the USB is not the best or there is a bug on the overlay filesystem. I have given up trying and I am installing kali on an hdd. Thanks for the help anyways!
– martini21
Dec 27 '17 at 7:31
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Possible duplicate of Why is Kali Linux so hard to set up? Why won't people help me?
– jasonwryan
Dec 25 '17 at 21:01
1
It's not clear to me which Linux instance is running the fsck and hence which instance you require the root password to - the Kali instance, or what ever is running in the VirtualBox. You could try and tidy the question up and that might help, but note that there will be pressure to close it, given it's related to Kali which is generally meant to be run by people with lots of Linux experience.
– EightBitTony
Dec 25 '17 at 22:50
It appears to be asking for the root password for the Ubuntu machine running in VMware, in order to fsck the read only mouted FS. The default password for root in metasploitable isrootbut the option to change it is given at first run....... did you change it?
– bu5hman
Dec 26 '17 at 11:32
I have not. It's the first time I run metasploitable. I emailed the developers and their answer was that either the quality of the USB is not the best or there is a bug on the overlay filesystem. I have given up trying and I am installing kali on an hdd. Thanks for the help anyways!
– martini21
Dec 27 '17 at 7:31
Possible duplicate of Why is Kali Linux so hard to set up? Why won't people help me?
– jasonwryan
Dec 25 '17 at 21:01
Possible duplicate of Why is Kali Linux so hard to set up? Why won't people help me?
– jasonwryan
Dec 25 '17 at 21:01
1
1
It's not clear to me which Linux instance is running the fsck and hence which instance you require the root password to - the Kali instance, or what ever is running in the VirtualBox. You could try and tidy the question up and that might help, but note that there will be pressure to close it, given it's related to Kali which is generally meant to be run by people with lots of Linux experience.
– EightBitTony
Dec 25 '17 at 22:50
It's not clear to me which Linux instance is running the fsck and hence which instance you require the root password to - the Kali instance, or what ever is running in the VirtualBox. You could try and tidy the question up and that might help, but note that there will be pressure to close it, given it's related to Kali which is generally meant to be run by people with lots of Linux experience.
– EightBitTony
Dec 25 '17 at 22:50
It appears to be asking for the root password for the Ubuntu machine running in VMware, in order to fsck the read only mouted FS. The default password for root in metasploitable is
root but the option to change it is given at first run....... did you change it?– bu5hman
Dec 26 '17 at 11:32
It appears to be asking for the root password for the Ubuntu machine running in VMware, in order to fsck the read only mouted FS. The default password for root in metasploitable is
root but the option to change it is given at first run....... did you change it?– bu5hman
Dec 26 '17 at 11:32
I have not. It's the first time I run metasploitable. I emailed the developers and their answer was that either the quality of the USB is not the best or there is a bug on the overlay filesystem. I have given up trying and I am installing kali on an hdd. Thanks for the help anyways!
– martini21
Dec 27 '17 at 7:31
I have not. It's the first time I run metasploitable. I emailed the developers and their answer was that either the quality of the USB is not the best or there is a bug on the overlay filesystem. I have given up trying and I am installing kali on an hdd. Thanks for the help anyways!
– martini21
Dec 27 '17 at 7:31
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Possible duplicate of Why is Kali Linux so hard to set up? Why won't people help me?
– jasonwryan
Dec 25 '17 at 21:01
1
It's not clear to me which Linux instance is running the fsck and hence which instance you require the root password to - the Kali instance, or what ever is running in the VirtualBox. You could try and tidy the question up and that might help, but note that there will be pressure to close it, given it's related to Kali which is generally meant to be run by people with lots of Linux experience.
– EightBitTony
Dec 25 '17 at 22:50
It appears to be asking for the root password for the Ubuntu machine running in VMware, in order to fsck the read only mouted FS. The default password for root in metasploitable is
rootbut the option to change it is given at first run....... did you change it?– bu5hman
Dec 26 '17 at 11:32
I have not. It's the first time I run metasploitable. I emailed the developers and their answer was that either the quality of the USB is not the best or there is a bug on the overlay filesystem. I have given up trying and I am installing kali on an hdd. Thanks for the help anyways!
– martini21
Dec 27 '17 at 7:31