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NAMEguymager - a forensic acquisition program
SYNOPSISguymager [log=log_file] [cfg=configuration_file] [options]
DESCRIPTION
Guymager is a Qt-based forensic imager. It is capable of producing
image files in EWF, AFF and dd format. Its main strenghs are the easy
user interface, the high imaging speed and the extended acquisition
info file.
The internal structure is based on separate threads for reading, hash
calculation (MD5 and SHA256), writing and includes a parallelised com‐
pression engine, thus making full usage of multi-processor and
hyper-threading machines.
Guymager should be run with root privileges, as other users do not have
access to physical devices normally.
OPTIONS
log=log_file
By default, guymager uses /var/log/guymager.log as its log file.
This option allows for specifying a different file.
cfg=configuration_file
The default configuration file is /etc/guymager/guymager.cfg.
This option allows for specifying a different file. Guymager
creates a template configuration file when the option -cfg=tem‐
plate.cfg is given.
All other configuration options may be specified on the command line
and/or in the configuration file. See /etc/guymager/guymager.cfg for a
description of all possible options. In case an option is specified in
the configuration file and on the command line, the command line domi‐
nates.
EXIT CODES
Guymager normally returns an exit code of 0. Exit code 1 means that
Guymager terminated because the AutoExit function became active. All
other exit codes are related to internal Guymager or Qt errors.
EXAMPLES
Write all log entries to ./my.log:
guymager log=my.log
Create a template configuration file
guymager cfg=template.cfg
Read the configuration from my.cfg and use 4 threads for parallelised
compression:
guymager cfg=my.cfg CompressionThreads=4
See /etc/guymager/guymager.cfg for details about option Compression‐
Threads and all other options as well.
AUTHOR
Guy Voncken (develop (at) faert.net)
version 0.8.7-1 2018-01-06 guymager(1)