NAME
autopsy - Autopsy Forensic BrowserSYNOPSIS
autopsy [-c] [-C] [-d evid_locker ] [-i device filesystem mnt ] [-p port ] [addr]DESCRIPTION
By default, autopsy starts the Autopsy Forensic Browser server on port 9999 and and accepts connections from the localhost. If -p port is given, then the server opens on that port and if addr is given, then connections are only accepted from that host. When the -i argument is given, then autopsy goes into live analysis mode.- -c
- Force the program to use cookies even for localhost.
- -C
- Force the program to not use cookies even for remote hosts.
- -d evid_locker
- Directory where cases and hosts are stored. This overrides the LOCKDIR value in conf.pl. The path must be a full path (i.e. start with /).
- -i device filesystem mnt
- Specify the information for the live analysis mode. This can be specified as many times as needed. The device field is for the raw file system device, the filesystem field is for the file system type, and the mnt field is for the mounting point of the file system.
- -p port
- TCP port for server to listen on.
- addr
- IP address or host name of where investigator is located. If localhost is used, then 'localhost' must be used in the URL. If you use the actual hostname or IP, it will be rejected.
VARIABLES
The following variables can be set in conf.pl.When set to 1 (default is 0), the server will
exit after STIMEOUT seconds of inactivity (default is 3600). This
setting is recommended if cookies are not used.
BASEDIR
Directory where cases and forensic images are
located. The images must have simple names with only letters, numbers, '_',
'-', and '.'. (See FILES).
TSKDIR
Directory where The Sleuth Kit binaries are
located.
NSRLDB
Location of the NIST National Software
Reference Library (NSRL).
INSTALLDIR
Directory where Autopsy was installed.
GREP_EXE
Location of grep(1) binary.
STRINGS_EXE
Location of strings(1) binary.
FILES
Evidence LockerThe Evidence Locker is where all cases and
hosts will be saved to. It is a directory that will have a directory for each
case. Each case directory will have a directory for each host.
<CASE_DIR>/case.aut
This file is the case configuration file for
the case. It contains the description of the case and default subdirectories
for the hosts.
<CASE_DIR>/investigators.txt
This file contains the list of investigators
that will use this case. These are used for logging only, not authentication.
<HOST_DIR>/host.aut
This file is where the host configuration
details are saved. It is similar to the 'fsmorgue' file from previous versions
of Autopsy. It has an entry for each file in the host and contains the host
description.
md5.txt
Some directories will have this file in it. It
contains MD5 values for important files in the directory. This makes it easy
to validate the integrity of images.
EXAMPLE
# autopsy -p 8888 10.1.34.19SEE ALSO
dd(1), fls(1), ffind(1), ifind(1), grep(1), icat(1) md5(1), strings(1),REQUIREMENTS
The Autopsy Forensic Browser requires The Sleuth Kit <www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit>HISTORY
autopsy first appeared in Autopsy v1.0.LICENSE
This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.AUTHOR
Brian Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org>| MAR 2005 | User Manuals |