---
id: 63
title: "Kali Default Non-Root User"
source_domain: kali.org
source_url: "https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-default-non-root-user/"
published_at: "2019-12-31 00:00"
tags: ["kali-linux", "linux-distribution", "security-hardening", "user-accounts", "release-management", "privilege-management"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/63"
lang: en
---

# Kali Default Non-Root User

## Summary

Kali explains why it is abandoning its BackTrack-era default root policy: modern usage no longer requires it. The switch to a traditional non-root default user ships in 2020.1 and weekly images.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** kali.org
- **Published:** 2019-12-31 00:00
- **Original:** https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-default-non-root-user/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/63