Volatility Error - The requested file doesn't exist

Question

I am running the program Volatility on a Kali Linux machine. However, whenever I try the command

vol -f <memdump name> <plugin name>

I get the error

ERROR: volatility.plugins.fileparam: The requested file doesn't exist

I tried downloading the source code and running Volatility as a python script, and I've tried changing and for the command above, but the error persists.

Any idea how to fix it?

danielmhanover · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-05T15:39:55.970

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Replacing the memdump name with the absolute path of the memdump name seems to do the trick. This is clearly a bug with the program.

Bug Report!

edited Oct 05 '13 at 15:39

answered Sep 16 '13 at 23:30

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '18 at 12:28

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This is Bug. O.K. No solution at all, that's also O.K. Replacing file name with full path, doesn't appear to work.

answered Mar 12 '18 at 12:28

user3371350

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This is not the answer. – sg7 Mar 12 '18 at 12:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 27 '23 at 17:48

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In my case, the error occurred when having the file in another drive, and even when using the absolute path, it did not work, but when I moved the file to the /home/user folder, the program worked correctly.

answered Feb 27 '23 at 17:48

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Volatility Error - The requested file doesn't exist

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