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AUTOSTART

Alex Cartwright edited this page Oct 7, 2019 · 2 revisions

The AUTOSTART plugin retrieves information for persistent and auto-start programs, daemons, and services.

This plugin does not support standalone mode.

Type Path
Kernel Extension /System/Library/Extensions/*
/Library/Extensions/*
Daemon /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/*
/Library/LaunchDaemons/*
Agents /System/Library/LaunchAgents/*
/Library/LaunchAgents/*
Periodic /private/etc/periodic/daily/*
/private/etc/periodic/monthly/*
/private/etc/periodic/weekly/*
Login Item / Apps To Relaunch At Login /Users/{user}/Library/Preferences/(com.apple.loginitems.plist)(ByHost/com.apple.loginwindow.3FE1266D-6E79-538E-B66A-60A4B6902736.plist)

Sample Usage

$ python mac-apt.py -x -o ~/Case_Output E01 ~/Acquisition.E01 AUTOSTART

Output

Field Name Notes
Type Type of Auto-start service; Kernel Extension, Agents, Daemon, Periodic, Launch Script, Login Item, Apps To Relaunch At Login
Name Name of Auto-start service
User User associated with the Auto-start service
StartupType Type of startup
Disabled (Boolean) Whether or not the auto-startup service is disabled
AppPath Path of the application the Auto-start service is associated with
Source Source file from which the autostart information was retrieved

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