We will set db_user as user and db_passwordas pass. We can now open our copied version of the file with nanoeditor and make some changes. We will name the copied version and the original file can be used as a backup if needed. As a precaution we will make and use a copied version instead of this original file.
This file contains the important default configurations. If you run the ls command, we can see the files within the directory. We need to move into the right directory cd dvwa/config Next, we need to set up the user and password which will be required to access the database. Execure the following command chmod -R 777 dvwa/ Permissions on the folder need to be updated for use.
Optional: Rename the folder for easier referencing sudo mv DVWA dvwa We can check that contents of dir were downloaded correctly by checking that the source code files cloned as intended cd ~/DVWA then ls -la We need to make a clone from the Github repo sudo git clone We need to move into the /var/Launch a Terminal session (CTRL+ALT+T) and change into this directory with the command below. Virtual machine with Kali Linux up and runningīefore you begin, ensure your repositories are all up to date – general good practice to get into sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade -y
