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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2920

Today's Topics:

  Re: get info about memory and CPU     [ Danesh Daroui  ]
  LDAP - howto get linux to talk to ex  [ "Bob Goldberg"  ]
  Re: [OT] Re: How do you make your li  [ "s. keeling"  ]
  Re: LDAP - howto get linux to talk t  [ "s. keeling"  ]
  adduser / chfn asking for root passw  [ Pigeon  ]

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:51:25 +0100
From: Danesh Daroui <Danesh.D@bredband.net> To: Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>
CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: get info about memory and CPU

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Thank you so much it worked...

Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:20:02 +0100
> Danesh Daroui <Danesh.D@bredband.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have access to a remote server via SSH. I would like to know if there
>> is any possible way to find out the speed and type of CPU and available
>> memory via command line. Is it possible? If yes, how?
>>
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo /proc/meminfo
>
>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Danesh
>>
>
> Celejar
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Do you need help?

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:34:10 +0900
From: David <davidpalmer@westnet.com.au> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Problems booting AMD64 Dual Core

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Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
snip
>
> Note that I run an Athlon64 3800+ with one 1 GB stick. Runs just fine.
> 4GB is not a "minimum size"

There are a lot of CPUs around now that people are installing into things like personal PCs and word processor/spreadsheet work stations that will operate just fine on 1Gb.

If you want that CPU to perform in the environment it was designed for, as it does in a high-end graphics workstation, you'll notice the difference.

If you're running one stick on a dual core, you're only running on half a CPU.
and with one stick no DDR either. Get the
> fastest ram supported by the board (mine uses 800) and go with a good
> brand. Athlon/Opterons are very picky on ram. They expect that ram
> will meet the specs they say they do. If it doesn't, things will be
> unreliable.
>
> Doug.

Regards,

David.

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:24:57 -0600
From: "Bob Goldberg" <bobg.hahc@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: LDAP - howto get linux to talk to exchange/AD Message-ID: <4e312cc10711291324l4f098f92vbee21ef5cedecf29@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

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at the end of the day, this is what I want: my debian(etch)/exim machine to accept all internet Email to

my domain, ignore all else, and relay on to my exchange 5.5 server. This means I want exim to validate

email recipients thru ldap lookups.

seems like a simple enough task, even one that many people have probably done. Can I find any examples

of an exim config file that demonstrates this? NO! doc's suck. So I have no idea if my router config is

even close or not. I don't think I need an acl, but i'm not sure. such a simple task, you'd think

Can we help you?

there'd already be a sample config file out there somewhere....

Having said that, I'm trying to figure out why my ldap lookup's aren't working, so that leads me down a nasty diagnostic path.

can you do ldap queries using telnet? I seem to connect to my server fine, but every query I insert,

returns nothing.

2) i'm trying to do ldap lookups using ldapsearch, and I'm not having any luck at all, and i'm getting "invalid credential" error messages.

3) ldap is definitely running on exchange, because an ldap://server/query entry in a browser, brings up a dialog box that will successfully search using a custom ldap string,
and it all works.

4) if I can't use telnet to try to diagnose what's going on - where should I start?
TIA - Bob

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at the end of the day, this is what I want: my debian(etch)/exim machine to accept all internet Email to my domain, ignore all else, and relay on to my exchange 5.5 server. This means I want exim to validate

email recipients thru ldap lookups.

seems like a simple enough task, even one that many people have
probably done. Can I find any examples

of an exim config file that demonstrates this? NO! doc's suck. So I
have no idea if my router config is

even close or not. I don't think I need an acl, but i'm not sure. such
a simple task, you'd think

there'd already be a sample config file out there somewhere....

Don't know where to look next?

Having said that, I'm trying to figure out why my ldap lookup's aren't
working, so that leads me down a nasty diagnostic path.

1) can you do ldap queries using telnet? I seem to connect to my
server fine, but every query I insert,

returns nothing.

2) i'm trying to do ldap lookups using ldapsearch, and I'm not having
any luck at all, and i'm getting "invalid credential" error messages.

3) ldap is definitely running on exchange, because an ldap://server/query
entry in a browser, brings up a dialog box that will successfully search using a custom ldap string,
and it all works.

4) if I can't use telnet to try to diagnose what's going on - where should I start?

TIA - Bob

Can't find what you're looking for?

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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:01:41 +0200
From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: [OT] LaTeX
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On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 01:39:39PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 12:47:02PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> > I installed vim-latexsuite which installed vim-addon-manager. Then I
> > entered 'vim-addons install latex-suite' to enable it. Now when I enter
> > 'vim-addons show' I get:
> >=20
> > Addon: latex-suite
> > Status: broken
> > Description: comprehensive set of tools to view, edit, and compile LaTe=
X documents
> >=20
> > What is it that is broken? How do I fix it?

Found it: http://bugs.debian.org/446080

And the addon is not used unless you edit a latex file, so either you=20 edit an existing file that starts with \documentclass... or you should=20 ':setf tex' (ex. for a new file).

Confused? Frustrated?

Regards,
Andrei
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:04:21 +0000
From: Bill Smith <bill@rakupottery.org.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Icedove+Gmail IMAP: crashing when reading message

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Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
>> Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
>>
>>> Has anybody tried gmail's IMAP interface in icedove? In my case,
>>> icedove
>>> is able to retrieve the message headers, but crashes as soon as I
>>> attempt to read a message.
>>>
>>> I am using icedove 2.0.0.6-1 on sid.
>>>
>>
>> Try running iceweasel with the -safe-mode option and see if the
>> problem is
>> reproducible then also.
>>
>
> Thanks for the tip. Iceweasel stopped crashing in safe-mode. I have
> then disabled all addons and enabled them one at a time to determine
> what is causing the crash. It turned out that the "Reply to list"
> extension was the culprit. Updating the extension did not help, so I
> just disabled it. It was not working anyway. Now icedove appears to be
> happy :)

Yes I discovered that a couple of days ago, the mail function was ok but if I tried
to access a news group Iceweasel just ground to a halt, strange, I have never been
able to get that extension working on any version of T'bird/Iceweasel on any OS.

>
> Still having to manually delete the "To:" address after hitting
> "Reply-to-all" though.
>
> Thanks,
> Raj Kiran
>
>

-- 
Bill

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:08:56 -0600 From: "Bob Goldberg" <bobg.hahc@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: LDAP - howto get linux to talk to exchange/AD Message-ID: <4e312cc10711291408p20da50e7i1b66690e6f6ca16@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_11786_2641761.1196374136096" ------=_Part_11786_2641761.1196374136096 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Apologies for any duplicate posts.... I'm reading this thread on google (groups), and I apparently can't reply/post from there.... reply to s.: hi s. yes, I have...(google searches) but none of my searches has revealed any information that actually works. All I can get out of exim is "Unrouteable address". no matter what I've tried. The ppt presentation you referred to looked like it had potential, but not 1 single LDAP query in that ppt seemed to work correctly on my windows browser. I figured if the information in there, which DID look fairly straightforward, doesn't work right, then how can I trust anything that follows.? I certainly accept the notion that the problem is ME. But I can't seem to find a place to start diagnosing what I'm doing wrong... I can't seem to get even the simplest of things to work correctly when it comes to using exim w/ ldap. I consider myself expert, when it comes to most things *nix. But working with ldap has been the most frustrating experience i've had in a long time. The closest thing to ANY success i've had is with ldapsearch as follows: ldapsearch -h exchange.domain.com -D "CN=exim,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" -x -w "password" -b "CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" "(memberOf=CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com)" this command at least seems to communicate w/ the exchange server, and tells me "invalid credentials". I can only ASSUME that means a problem w/ the user/password, but I KNOW that info IS valid. I don't have a clue how to start figuring out what's wrong with credentials I KNOW are good. is debian REALLY talking to my exchange server? have no clue... it would help if I could telnet to my exchange server & submit a query & see it work... but no one can even tell me IF this can be done!?!? ------=_Part_11786_2641761.1196374136096 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Apologies for any duplicate posts.... I'm reading this thread on google (groups), and I apparently can't reply/post from there.... reply to s.: hi s. yes, I have...(google searches) but none of my searches has revealed any information that actually works. All I can get out of exim is "Unrouteable address". no matter what I've tried. The ppt presentation you referred to looked like it had potential, but not 1 single LDAP query in that ppt seemed to work correctly on my windows browser. I figured if the information in there, which DID look fairly straightforward, doesn't work right, then how can I trust anything that follows.? I certainly accept the notion that the problem is ME. But I can't seem to find a place to start diagnosing what I'm doing wrong... I can't seem to get even the simplest of things to work correctly when it comes to using exim w/ ldap. I consider myself expert, when it comes to most things *nix. But working with ldap has been the most frustrating experience i've had in a long time. The closest thing to ANY success i've had is with ldapsearch as follows: ldapsearch -h exchange.domain.com -D "CN=exim,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" -x -w "password" -b "CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" "(memberOf=CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com)" this command at least seems to communicate w/ the exchange server, and tells me "invalid credentials". I can only ASSUME that means a problem w/ the user/password, but I KNOW that info IS valid. I don't have a clue how to start figuring out what's wrong with credentials I KNOW are good. is debian REALLY talking to my exchange server? have no clue... it would help if I could telnet to my exchange server & submit a query & see it work... but no one can even tell me IF this can be done!?!? ------=_Part_11786_2641761.1196374136096--

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:04:01 -0800 (PST) From: bobg.hahc@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: LDAP - howto get linux to talk to exchange/AD Message-ID: <d8052ab9-3381-4775-bfa5-1325c0b56441@t47g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Nov 28, 8:40 pm, "s. keeling" <keel...@nucleus.com> wrote:
> Bob Goldberg <bobg.h...@gmail.com>:
>
>
>
> > at the end of the day, this is what I want: my debian(etch)/exim machine to
> > accept all internet Email to my domain, ignore all else, and relay on to my
> > exchange5.5 server. This means I want exim to validate email recipients
> > thruldaplookups.
>
> Have you googled "eximldap"? You appear to be reinventing the
> wheel. :-) The first hit I see is a ppt, "Using Exim WithLDAP". And
> I see FreeBSD has exim-ldap...
>
hi s. yes, I have... but none of my searches has revealed any information that actually works. All I can get out of exim is "Unrouteable address". no matter what I've tried. The ppt presentation you referred to looked like it had potential, but not 1 single LDAP query in that ppt seemed to work correctly on my windows browser. I figured if the information in there, which DID look fairly straightforward, doesn't work right, then how can I trust anything that follows.? I certainly accept the notion that the problem is ME. But I can't seem to find a place to start diagnosing what I'm doing wrong... I can't seem to get even the simplest of things to work correctly when it comes to using exim w/ ldap. I consider myself expert, when it comes to most things *nix. But working with ldap has been the most frustrating experience i've had in a long time. The closest thing to ANY success i've had is with ldapsearch as follows: ldapsearch -h exchange.domain.com -D "CN=exim,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" -x -w "password" -b "CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" "(memberOf=CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com)" this command at least seems to communicate w/ the exchange server, and tells me "invalid credentials". I can only ASSUME that means a problem w/ the user/password, but I KNOW that info IS valid. I don't have a clue how to start figuring out what's wrong with credentials I KNOW are good. is debian REALLY talking to my exchange server? have no clue... it would help if I could telnet to my exchange server & submit a query & see it work... but no one can even tell me if this can be done!?!?

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:10:21 -0800 (PST) From: joseph lockhart <jwl_andlovesaidno@yahoo.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: FreeAgent USB HDD Message-ID: <289125.53681.qm@web59314.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The new seagate usb hard drives spin down after aprox 3 min, this then causes the computer to get a "waiting" response that it interperates as a bad device while the device spins back up, but being logged as a bad device it will not let you access the drive. basically you need to clear the log so that it doesn't show up as a bad device, and then write a script to touch the drive every two minutes or so hope that helps jwlockhart Registered Linux User #458799 this user is penguin powered ___________________________________________________________________= _________________ Be a better pen pal.=20 Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.m= ail.yahoo.com/

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:43:02 +0700 From: Klein Moebius <klein.moebius@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Is it exist a mailing-list for console only users ? Message-ID: <20071130004302.GA6177@klein.moebius.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="AhhlLboLdkugWU4S" Content-Disposition: inline --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * David Fox <dfox94085@gmail.com> [2007-11-28 18:56:04 -0800]:
> Could you share setup scripts and/or howto's ? I started to get this
> working when I migrated to gmail a few months ago, but never got it
> working the way I wanted. There was some confusion on how to set up
> ssl certificates (and there was a lot of mention about how to make
> this more secure than by default) so I only got the fetchmail part of
> it working. But the sending part still needs to be worked on. I have
> used postfix in the past with my other email domain, which no longer
> is available.
This is why I use msmtp to send mail from mutt. Postfix is set up for local local delivery only, and does not operate chrooted re the Debian SELinux wiki on selinux setup. msmtp allows multiple accounts for sending, selectable within mutt, and is quite easy to set up. Postfix, on the other hand, is a bit more arcane in it's setup procedures - and does not readily allow multiple smtp accounts for sending mail. ssl is fully supported with msmtp as well. So: fetchmail-procmail for popping external mail, msmtp for sending external mail via smtp with ssl, and postfix-procmail for system messages (logs and the like) delivered to my inbox. Regards, Klein
>=20
> I sort of miss not having the mail stored locally on my computer, and
> the web interface to mail is slower than sylpheed and mutt of course.
> But then again, gmail is extending me a lot more free space for mail
> than I have space for to bring down it all :) and always growing --
> every day it seems my storage space is increasing by a few megabytes
> :).
>=20
>=20
> >
> > Regards,
> > Klein
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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:24:01 +0900 (WST) From: Peter F Bradshaw <pfb@exadios.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: OT: Programming Robots Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0711301022001.2927@goldmund.pri> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi Thomas; On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Thomas H. George wrote:
> My college student grandson says he wants to study programming robots.
> Aside from all the commercial (game?) kits are there serious Linux
> applications that he should consider? If so, how best to get started?
You might want to look at: http://oap.sourceforge.net/
>
> Tom
>
>
>
Cheers -- Peter F Bradshaw: http://www.exadios.com (public keys avaliable there). Personal site: http://personal.exadios.com "I love truth, and the way the government still uses it occasionally to keep us guessing." - Sam Kekovich.

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:48:53 +0100 (CET) From: "s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: How do you make your life secure (software based)? Message-ID: <slrnfkur05.p6e.keeling@heretic.nucleus.com> Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de>:
> s. keeling:
> > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> >>
> >> e) Skype seems secure, but the Germans[1] might have cracked
> >> it and be blowing smoke in order to get Bad Guys to use
> >> encrypted Skype,
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3D5&objectid=3D104=77899
> >
> > "Might have cracked it and be blowing smoke?" That's not how I read
> > that. It reads here like the German police are just as averse to
> > Gestapo tactics as is the rest of Germany, and they're intent on
> > staying well into "letter of the law" territory (as well as being
> > _seen to be there_), with keen eyes on "intent of the law."
>
> I am not sure whether I understand you correctly, but if you are saying
Sorry, I was merely commenting on that article. I've seen and read quite a bit of recent German police intentions, as you've so well documented below, but this article looked a lot different. Perhaps the policeman being interviewed was uninformed of the party line?
> To appease critics, there are plans to deposit the source code of the
Recently, the British discovered they had a judge who didn't know what a website was. Excellent report, thanks. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me.

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:11:03 +0100 (CET) From: "s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: LDAP - howto get linux to talk to exchange/AD Message-ID: <slrnfkus9m.p6e.keeling@heretic.nucleus.com> bobg.hahc@gmail.com <bobg.hahc@gmail.com>:
> On Nov 28, 8:40 pm, "s. keeling" <keel...@nucleus.com> wrote:
> > Bob Goldberg <bobg.h...@gmail.com>:
> >
> > > at the end of the day, this is what I want: my
> > > debian(etch)/exim machine to accept all internet Email to my
> > > domain, ignore all else, and relay on to my exchange5.5
> > > server. This means I want exim to validate email recipients
> > > thruldaplookups.
> >
> > Have you googled "exim ldap"? You appear to be reinventing the
> [snip]
> The closest thing to ANY success i've had is with ldapsearch as
> follows:
> ldapsearch -h exchange.domain.com -D
> "CN=exim,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" -x -w "password" -b
> "CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" "(memberOf=CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com)"
>
> this command at least seems to communicate w/ the exchange server,
> and tells me "invalid credentials". I can only ASSUME that means a
> problem w/ the user/password, but I KNOW that info IS valid.
Then it's a problem communicating those credentials. One's using md5 hashes and the other's expecting crypt/PAM/Kerberos?!?/...
> I don't have a clue how to start figuring out what's wrong with
> credentials I KNOW are good.
Then it's not the credentials, it's how they're being communicated from one process to the other. I'd ignore exim on this for now. I'd say your problem's ldap. Sort it out and exim should fall into line. Yes, ldap can be bloody frustrating depending on the existing LAN software.
> is debian REALLY talking to my exchange server? have no clue... it
> would help if I could telnet to my exchange server & submit a query
> & see it work... but no one can even tell me if this can be
> done!?!?
What? Is the server accepting telnet connections? I don't do Windows, but surely it has some sort of telnetd/sshd by now? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me.

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:04:30 +0000 From: Pigeon <pigeon@pigeonsnest.co.uk> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: adduser / chfn asking for root password Message-ID: <20071130020430.GD19891@schnellbox.pigeonloft> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XF85m9dhOBO43t/C" Content-Disposition: inline --XF85m9dhOBO43t/C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I try to add a new user, adduser is calling chfn in such a way as to cause chfn to ask for the root password. Output from adduser looks like this: # adduser test Adding user test' ... Adding new group test' (1010) ... Adding new user test' (1010) with group test' ... The home directory /home/test' already exists. Not copying from /etc/skel'. Enter new UNIX password: (password for "test" supplied) Retype new UNIX password: (password for "test" reentered) passwd: password updated successfully Password: (root password supplied) Changing the user information for test Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []:=20 Room Number []:=20 Work Phone []:=20 Home Phone []:=20 Other []:=20 Is the information correct? [y/N] y # If I don't enter the root password I get this: # adduser test Adding user test' ... Adding new group test' (1010) ... Adding new user test' (1010) with group test' ... The home directory /home/test' already exists. Not copying from /etc/skel'. Enter new UNIX password: (password for "test" supplied) Retype new UNIX password: (password for "test" reentered) passwd: password updated successfully Password: (null password, or any password other than root, supplied) chfn: PAM authentication failed adduser: /usr/bin/chfn test' returned error code 1. Exiting. #=20 'ps ax' while waiting at the anomalous password prompt shows that chfn is waiting. adduser version: 3.102, passwd 1:4.0.18.1-7, perl: 5.8.8-7etch1 --=20 Pigeon Be kind to pigeons - - Pigeon's Nest: http://pigeonsnest.co.u= k/ GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0x21C61F7F --XF85m9dhOBO43t/C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHT2+uUxADjyHGH38RAus6AJ4iHAYZ1VMu4XfXM0koHMliLNHtnACgu4dc DnEb9QuiQndqA3tX/nV5sOw= =+dKX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XF85m9dhOBO43t/C-- End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #2920 ************************************************** Received on Thu Nov 29 22:01:11 2007

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