I am working with a number of Kali images using various automation tools for a specific customer requirement. To cut a long story short I need to enable SSH on the Kali host but without actually 'using' the host itself. Is there a way to set SSH active by simply changing files on the hard disk? (i.e. so the changes would be picked up on boot/after a reboot).
I am able to start and stop the host (but cannot login or execute commands) and have root access to the HDD.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.