encountered this on Metasploitable 2 Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): The default root password of msfadmin isn't working. It keeps saying login incorrect.
Please what is the correct password and how do I resolve this
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The password msfadmin is not the default root password. It is the password for the user msfadmin.
To access root, you need to set the root password. sudo passwd root when you are logged in as msfadmin should work.
As for the point where you're stuck: read the message. It says:
Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue):
As you don't have the root password, use the other option, control-d.
If the control-d does not help, i.e. it just reboots and comes with the same prompt, you should download a newer image of metasploitable.
