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==mactime==
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mactime creates an ASCII time line of file activity based on the output of the fls or ils tools. It can be used to detect anomalous behavior.  
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* [http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/man/mactime.html Automatically Updated man Page]
===Purpose===
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Creates an ASCII time line of file activity based on the body file specified by ’-b’ or from STDIN.  The time line is written to STDOUT.  The body file must be in the time machine format that is created by ''unknown missing text''.
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===Usage===
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mactime  [-b body ] [-g group file ] [-p password file ] [-i (day|hour) index file ] [-dhmVy] [-z TIME_ZONE ] [DATE_RANGE]
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===Options===
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5"
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!Switch
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!Purpose
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| -b body || Specify the location of a body file. This file must be generated by a tool such as ’fls -m’ or ’ils -m’. The ’mac-robber’ and ’grave-robber’ tools can also be used to generate the file.
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| -g group file || Specify the location of the group file. mactime will display the group name instead of the GID if this is given.
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| -p password file || Specify the location of the passwd file. mactime will display the user name instead of the UID of this is given.
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| -i day|hour index file ||  Specify the location of an index file to write to. The first argument specifies the granularity, either an hourly summary or daily. If the import into a spread sheet.
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| -d || Display timeline and index files in comma delimited format.  This is used to import the data into a spread sheet for presentations or graphs.
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| -h || Display header info about the session including time range, input source, and passwd or group files.
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| -V || Display version to STDOUT.
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| -m || The month is given as a number instead of name.
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| -y || The date range is given with the year first.
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| -z TIME_ZONE ||  The timezone from where the data was collected. The name of this argument is system dependent (examples include EST5EDT, GMT+1).
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| DATE_RANGE || The range of dates to make the time line for. The standard format is 01/01/2002 for a starting date and no ending date. For an ending date, use 01/01/2002-02/01/2002.
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===Example===
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''No example provided.''
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===License===
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The changes from mactime in TCT and mac-daddy are distributed under the Common Public License, found on the [[Licenses]] page.
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===History===
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A version of mactime first appeared in The Coroner’s Toolkit (TCT) (Dan Farmer) and later mac-daddy (Rob Lee).
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===Author===
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Brian Carrier <carrier@sleuthkit.org>
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Revision as of 19:40, 11 September 2008

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mactime creates an ASCII time line of file activity based on the output of the fls or ils tools. It can be used to detect anomalous behavior.