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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0006677Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2020-08-24 18:492021-08-12 13:55
Reportertweeks Assigned Tosbrun  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version2020.3 
Fixed in Version2021.3 
Summary0006677: Autopsy GUI menu needs to launch with sudo (otherwise autopsy crashes)
Description

Currently.. (verified on v2020.02), selecting autopsy from the XFCE GUI menu, autopsy reporting UI running on http://localhost:9999/autopsy fails and web UI never works.

Steps To Reproduce

Click XFCE GUI menu, navigate to:
11 - Foresniscs / autopsy

Crashes attempting to start autopsy interface: "Can't open log ..." (attachment)

Additional Information

To fix...
Click on:
11 - Foresniscs / autopsy and right click to "edit application" (see attachment VACR_autopsy1.png )
Edit Command from:
/usr/share/kali-menu/exec-in-shell "autopsy"
to
/usr/share/kali-menu/exec-in-shell "sudo autopsy"

and save icon... Now works fine.
(last screen shot)

Attached Files
VACR_autopsy-localhost-error.png (186,627 bytes)   
VACR_autopsy-localhost-error.png (186,627 bytes)   
VACR_autopsy1.png (78,759 bytes)   
VACR_autopsy1.png (78,759 bytes)   
VACR_autopsy-localhost-fixed.png (185,724 bytes)   
VACR_autopsy-localhost-fixed.png (185,724 bytes)   

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sbrun

sbrun

2021-08-12 13:55

manager   ~0014991

thanks for the report. It will be fixed in kali-menu version 2021.3.0

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-08-24 18:49 tweeks New Issue
2020-08-24 18:49 tweeks File Added: VACR_autopsy-localhost-error.png
2020-08-24 18:49 tweeks File Added: VACR_autopsy1.png
2020-08-24 18:49 tweeks File Added: VACR_autopsy-localhost-fixed.png
2020-12-01 10:50 g0tmi1k Severity block => minor
2021-06-24 19:43 steev Assigned To => sbrun
2021-06-24 19:43 steev Status new => assigned
2021-08-12 13:55 sbrun Status assigned => resolved
2021-08-12 13:55 sbrun Resolution open => fixed
2021-08-12 13:55 sbrun Fixed in Version => 2021.3
2021-08-12 13:55 sbrun Note Added: 0014991