Linux-Setup Digest #707, Volume #19 Wed, 27 Sep 00 02:13:09 EDT
Contents:
linux: how to convert .BIN to .ISO ? (Will)
DELL LATITUDE C600 and Red Hat compatibility issues (Evan Panagiotopoulos)
No mouse/keyboard in X (gnome) ("Doug G.")
Re: Linux 6.2 (Carlos Moreno)
setuid problem? ("Jack Kessler")
Re: Red Hat 6.2 security and stability? (James Hedgespeth)
Re: will my new Athlon build work with linux ok? (James Hedgespeth)
Re: RedHat PPP dialout ("Jack Kessler")
Re: need help with my modem ("Jack Kessler")
Re: Error writing to CDRW (E J)
Re: uugetty - Dial-in from hell (Charles Rutledge)
Re: setuid problem? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: RAID 0 and dual boot (moonie;))
AUGH!! Mandrake 7.1 Installation Errors (partitions) (Brando)
Re: setuid problem? (Bill Unruh)
Re: what rpms do I need for x11/xwin to work (E J)
HELP: ftp still login incorrect (Sharon Wang)
Telnet ("PlzBeMine")
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From: Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux: how to convert .BIN to .ISO ?
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 02:30:04 -0000
Hi,
I got a .BIN file at 770 MB which is not installable,
how can i convert it to .ISO images? maybe can convert to 2 .ISO images to
burn to CDR
thanx for any hellp.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Evan Panagiotopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: DELL LATITUDE C600 and Red Hat compatibility issues
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 22:40:40 -0400
I am planning on buying that laptop. Any comments? I saw in
http://www.redhat.com that the Xircom Ethernet adapter that Dell is
offering is NOT compatible with Red Hat.
Thanks,
--
Evan Panagiotopoulos
Library/Media Technology Director
Poughkeepsie City School District
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From: "Doug G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No mouse/keyboard in X (gnome)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 21:42:14 -0500
Fourth attempt in two years on two machines to load linux (redhat)
I still can't get x windows to work. But it's better.
I can start gnome and it comes up with a pretty screen, but my mouse and
keyboard dont do a thing and I have to hard reset.
during setup I was able to choose ATI RAGE 128 and my monitor but when the
graphic screen came on, I got a pretty picture, but no mouse or keyboard.
Dell Dimension XPS T450, 128mb ram, ATI All in Wonder 128 16mb ram, Generic
Keyboard and PS2 mouse. Optiquest V95 Monitor, Redhat 7.0
Doug "trying to escape windows" Griffin
Thanks, hope someone can help me.
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From: Carlos Moreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux 6.2
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 22:42:36 -0400
Screwface wrote:
>
> k i have a gui but i really dont know how to use it all i want a learners
> guide can some on point me in the right direction..
>
> i want to set it up on a network and get out to the net with it set up email
> and web server help
Ok. I guess the HOWTO's would be a good place to go, as someone else
already mentioned. Maybe a good book would be helpful. If you are
using
RedHat, maybe something like "Red Hat Linux 6.X fast & easy" would help
you initially. It shows you things graphically, with lots of images and
step-by-step procedures. Really easy to follow.
Of course, it doesn't go to advanced stuff, but I like its style and the
way it shows things for newcomers. After that, your next step might be
an advanced book on Network setup on Linux.
Hope this helps,
Carlos
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From: "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: setuid problem?
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 19:55:27 -0700
I have installed StarOffice 5.1 (which is terrific software, by the way) but
can only run it when logged in as root. The privileges on 'soffice' are set
to provide execute privileges to everyone, but nothing happens when I click
on the icon if I am not root.
I have found a similar result when I try to run the 'pppon' file (which I
wrote as root, per the excellent Unruh HOWTO and also gives everyone execute
privilege.). It calls pppd. When it does, the non-root user gets the error
message, "pppd is not setuid=root". There are man pages for setuid and its
friend getuid, but I don't see either command on my system anywhere (Red Hat
6.2), not even with find.
What is the problem? Should my system have setuid and getuid on it? Is the
lack of them the problem or is it something else? Is my inability to run
StarOffice the same problem as my inability to run pppd? How do I fix this?
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From: James Hedgespeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2 security and stability?
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:45:11 -0400
You can buy SSH from SSH Communications (www.ssh.com). It works really well,
is point and click, easy to install, and well worth the money. Just to let you
know, I don't work there, I'm just a user.
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From: James Hedgespeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: will my new Athlon build work with linux ok?
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:03:52 -0400
I installed Redhat 6.1 on a Gateway Athon without any problems.
>
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From: "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat PPP dialout
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 19:59:35 -0700
"MaryP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > David Holoman wrote:
>
> > > ... RedHat 6. I have tested the modem by using minicom
> (snip)
> > > I have used LinuxConf to create a PPP connection that includes the
> > > modem init string, telephone, PAP authentication set to on, username
> > > and password. When I attempt to connect, the modem doesn't flinch; it
> > > doesn't go off-hook or show any signs of activity at all.
>
> http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
>
> give that a try, it'll help you use your error log
> and find out what weird thing is going wrong.
You must follow it line by line and exactly and omit nothing. The article
is very good but very exact. It worked for me when nothing else had.
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From: "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need help with my modem
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 20:02:53 -0700
Get this article and follow it carefully.
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8qnn14$h9m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm running redhat linux 6.1 and I have an external us robotics
> sportster 56k modem. I have it installed on /dev/ttyS0 and had gotten
> it to dial out using kermit 7.0 but now I cannot seem to contact the
> modem. I've tried setserial, minicom -s, and linuxconf but I can't
> seem to get it going. I don't want to use the gnome to set it up.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Leo
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Error writing to CDRW
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 20:15:33 -0700
Is your speed too fast for CD-RW?
I have a 4x2x24 CD Writer.
When I write onto CD-RW using the xcdroast, I set the speed to 2 x
When I write onto CD-R using the xcdroast, I set the speed to 4 x
Johannes Rest wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I would like to use CD-RW (rewritable CDs) as backup media.
> I'm using xcdroast to write images of my backup files.
> Everything goes as expected, but when I try to write to
> any re-writable media, xcdroast gives aborts.
> I'm having an IDE cd-writer in my server; does anybody
> know what to do? (currently I'm using kernel 2.2.17)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Johannes
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From: Charles Rutledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: uugetty - Dial-in from hell
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 03:41:40 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Trying to set up a serial port to answer incoming calls using uugetty
> on Slackware 7.1 (kernel 2.2.16) . uugetty seems to startup properly
> but won't stay parked on the serial port. It exits on the TERM signal.
Check the modem configuration. Be sure you're set for hardware flow
control (USR defaults to NO flow control, so you want to load the
factory hardware flow control config and save it to the NVRAM). Set the
S2 register to 128 to turn off the "+++" escape sequence.
>
> FIlES:
>
> # /etc/conf.uugetty.ttyS1
> # and
> # /etc/default/uugetty.ttyS1
>
> CLEAR = NO
> HANGUP=YES
> #DEBUG=777
> DEBUG=010
> INIT="" ATS0=1\r OK
> ALTLOCK=cua1
> ALTLINE=cua1
> WAITFOR=RING
> CONNECT="" ATs0=1\r CONNECT \s\A
> TIMEOUT=60
Comment out the WAITFOR and CONNECT lines. The modem will raise CD
(Carrier Detect) to signal an incomming call. Also change INIT to ATZ\r
OK ATS0=1\r OK. This will reset the USR between calls, but watch the Y
(should be Y0) setting to be sure it loads the NVRAM settings and not
the factory defaults.
Good luck.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: setuid problem?
Date: 27 Sep 2000 00:38:39 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8qrnh3$a9n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jack Kessler wrote:
> I have found a similar result when I try to run the 'pppon' file (which I
> wrote as root, per the excellent Unruh HOWTO and also gives everyone execute
> privilege.). It calls pppd. When it does, the non-root user gets the error
> message, "pppd is not setuid=root". There are man pages for setuid and its
> friend getuid, but I don't see either command on my system anywhere (Red Hat
> 6.2), not even with find.
>
> What is the problem? Should my system have setuid and getuid on it? Is the
> lack of them the problem or is it something else?
"setuid" is a state of being, not a command. You can turn on the "setuid
bit" on an executable by running "chmod u+s /path/to/executable" (as the
owner of the executable). You can see whether it's set by running "ls -l
/path/to/executable". If the fourth character is "x", the file is a
_non_-suid executable, and if it's an "s", the file is a setuid executable.
> Is my inability to run
> StarOffice the same problem as my inability to run pppd? How do I fix this?
I hope not. It would invite security problems to run a whole office suite
(or any huge program) with the permissions of root.
--
Paul Kimoto
This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any images,
hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID 0 and dual boot
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:50:22 -0400
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:
>I want to set my two 30gb HDD up in RAID 0 (mirror) using W98SE and SUSE 7.0.
>A guru tells me that this will not work well (if at all) because the two OS need
>to be on separate HDD.
>That I should set the two HDD up in RAID1 instead effectively creating a 60gb
>HDD but with W98 on one and SUSE on the other.
>Further, that he cannot see how the system would run with RAID0 even if I were
>to put both OS on the same HDD.
>
>This is not the reason I bought two of these HDD.
>
>Does he know what he is talking about? I certainly know nothing about Linux and
>only slightly more about RAID, etc.
>
>thanks
>chas
Your guru is wacked, I have a 17.2G and a 20.4G drives. Win98 is on first
7.5G of the 17.2 Mandrake 7.02 is on the rest including 3 RAID 0 striped
partitions (/, /home, /usr) /var on one disk, /tmp on the other, with a swap
partition on each and a 9G partition at the end of the 20.4G for stuff (mp3's,
backup images to burn to CDR/RW). BTW RAID is fast, very fast, with a
K6-III/450 128MB, netscape opens in 3 seconds!
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: Brando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: AUGH!! Mandrake 7.1 Installation Errors (partitions)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 05:08:41 GMT
I'm trying to install Linux-Mandrake 7.1 from Windows98 using lnx4win.
On a HP Pavilion N3250 laptop. I'm running in Expert/Developer mode.
Everything goes fine up until setting up the partitions.
It asks for the Root and Swap sizes. I go with 3GB for root and 65MB
for swap (default size). I have a 6 GB harddrive, 2GB used by
Windows98.
Then it asks which ones do I want to format:
* /mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img
* /mnt/windows/lnx4win/swap
I select both to be formated and then I get this error:
An error occurred
failed to create loopback file
I hit OK. I get the window with the partitions laid out. There are two
tabs: hda and loopback. I select the loopback tab and there are to
segments, a red one for root (/) and a yellow one for swap. I click on
the root and click format. I now get this error:
An error ext2 formatting of /mnt/windows/linx4win/linuxsys.img
failed.
I hit OK and then this comes up:
You don't have any room for lnx4win
So I click on the swap and click format and it the proceeds to format
it just fine.
So I try to format the root again and now I get this error:
ext2 formatting of /mnt/windows/lnx4win/linuxsys.img failed at
/usr/bin/perl-install/fs.pm line 85
I then get this error:
failed to create loopback file at /usr/bin/perl-install/loopback.pm
line 70
Now, what the hell is going on here? Why can it format the swap but
not the root? I have enough disk space. I have around 1GB left between
Windows and Linux. I checked the m5sum of the cd image and it matches
correctly. What is the problem? What can I do to fix this? Please
help, this is sooooo frustrating!!
Thanx
Brandon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: setuid problem?
Date: 27 Sep 2000 05:17:29 GMT
In <8qrnh3$a9n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]I have installed StarOffice 5.1 (which is terrific software, by the way) but
]can only run it when logged in as root. The privileges on 'soffice' are set
]to provide execute privileges to everyone, but nothing happens when I click
]on the icon if I am not root.
Perhaps you did not run soffice with the -net option? Thereafter each
user has to run setup themselves to set up about 2MB in their home
directory.
]I have found a similar result when I try to run the 'pppon' file (which I
]wrote as root, per the excellent Unruh HOWTO and also gives everyone execute
]privilege.). It calls pppd. When it does, the non-root user gets the error
]message, "pppd is not setuid=root". There are man pages for setuid and its
]friend getuid, but I don't see either command on my system anywhere (Red Hat
]6.2), not even with find.
It is on that page
cd /usr/sbin
chmod a+rx pppd chat
chmod u+s pppd --- this sets suid
chmod a+rw /dev/ttyS?
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what rpms do I need for x11/xwin to work
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 22:29:16 -0700
Reinstall your RH6.1 CD.
Do an upgrade, (NOT A WORKSTATION, SERVER OR CUSTOM INSTALL!!!)
Select the X stuff you want.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I recently installed RH 6.1, but without any xwin/x11 support.
> But now I want to install a graphic interface,
>
> What rpms do I need to install of my CDROM please.
>
> Thnaks
> Peter.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Sharon Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: HELP: ftp still login incorrect
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 01:32:35 -0400
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I've been struggling with this ftp login failure problem for
a month and still no clue. Here is the symptom: I login
as a regular user with login password and always get the
following
Connected to host.domain
220 host.domain FTP server (Version wu-2.5.0(1) Tue Sep 21 16:48:12 EDT
1999) ready.
Name (host:me): me
331 Password required for me.
Password:
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
ftp> quit
I thought the problem might be because /etc/shadow was missing
in my initial installation of RedHat 6.1 and ftpd (or in.ftpd)
needs to check this file, so I created /etc/shadow using pwconv.
It didn't solve the problem. Then I checked /dev/tty, the mode
is 666, fine. In /var/log/message and secure, it logged
ftpd[_number_]: cmd failed, nothing more than that. So I am
speculating that ftpd somehow failed to get the password
correct for any given user. What else could possibly be wrong?
Thanks.
_______________
P.S.: the /etc/ftpaccess and /etc/ftpusers
# in /etc/ftpaccess
loginfails 2
class local real,guest,anonymous *.domain 0.0.0.0
class remote real,guest,anonymous *
limit local 20 Any /etc/msgs/msg.toomany
limit remote 100 SaSu|Any1800-0600 /etc/msgs/msg.toomany
limit remote 60 Any /etc/msgs/msg.toomany
readme README* login
readme README* cwd=*
message /welcome.msg login
message .message cwd=*
compress yes local remote
tar yes local remote
private yes
passwd-check rfc822 warn
log commands real
log transfers anonymous,real inbound,outbound
shutdown /etc/shutmsg
delete no guest,anonymous # delete permission?
overwrite no guest,anonymous # overwrite permission?
rename no guest,anonymous # rename permission?
chmod no anonymous # chmod permission?
umask no anonymous # umask permission?
upload /home/ftp * no
upload /home/ftp /incoming yes root daemon 0600 dirs
upload /home/ftp /bin no
upload /home/ftp /etc no
alias inc: /incoming
cdpath /incoming
cdpath /pub
cdpath /
path-filter anonymous /etc/pathmsg ^[-A-Za-z0-9_\.]*$ ^\. ^-
path-filter guest /etc/pathmsg ^[-A-Za-z0-9_\.]*$ ^\. ^-
guestgroup ftponly
email user@hostname
# in /etc/ftpuser
root
uucp
news
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
<tt>I've been struggling with this ftp login failure problem for</tt>
<br><tt>a month and still no clue. Here is the symptom: I login</tt>
<br><tt>as a regular user with login password and always get the</tt>
<br><tt>following</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Connected to host.domain</tt>
<br><tt>220 host.domain FTP server (Version wu-2.5.0(1) Tue Sep 21 16:48:12
EDT 1999) ready.</tt>
<br><tt>Name (host:me): me</tt>
<br><tt>331 Password required for me.</tt>
<br><tt>Password:</tt>
<br><tt>530 Login incorrect.</tt>
<br><tt>Login failed.</tt>
<br><tt>ftp> quit</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>I thought the problem might be because /etc/shadow was missing</tt>
<br><tt>in my initial installation of RedHat 6.1 and ftpd (or in.ftpd)</tt>
<br><tt>needs to check this file, so I created /etc/shadow using pwconv.</tt>
<br><tt>It didn't solve the problem. Then I checked /dev/tty, the
mode</tt>
<br><tt>is 666, fine. In /var/log/message and secure, it logged</tt>
<br><tt>ftpd[_number_]: cmd failed, nothing more than that. So I
am</tt>
<br><tt>speculating that ftpd somehow failed to get the password</tt>
<br><tt>correct for any given user. What else could possibly be
wrong?</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Thanks.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>_______________</tt>
<br><tt>P.S.: the /etc/ftpaccess and /etc/ftpusers</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt># in /etc/ftpaccess</tt>
<br><tt>loginfails 2</tt>
<br><tt>class local real,guest,anonymous *.domain
0.0.0.0</tt>
<br><tt>class remote real,guest,anonymous *</tt>
<br><tt>limit local 20
Any
/etc/msgs/msg.toomany</tt>
<br><tt>limit remote 100 SaSu|Any1800-0600
/etc/msgs/msg.toomany</tt>
<br><tt>limit remote 60
Any
/etc/msgs/msg.toomany</tt>
<br><tt>readme README* login</tt>
<br><tt>readme README* cwd=*</tt>
<br><tt>message
/welcome.msg
login</tt>
<br><tt>message
.message
cwd=*</tt>
<br><tt>compress
yes
local remote</tt>
<br><tt>tar
yes
local remote</tt>
<br><tt>private yes</tt>
<br><tt>passwd-check rfc822 warn</tt>
<br><tt>log commands real</tt>
<br><tt>log transfers anonymous,real inbound,outbound</tt>
<br><tt>shutdown /etc/shutmsg</tt>
<br><tt>delete
no
guest,anonymous # delete
permission?</tt>
<br><tt>overwrite no
guest,anonymous # overwrite
permission?</tt>
<br><tt>rename no guest,anonymous # rename
permission?</tt>
<br><tt>chmod
no
anonymous
# chmod permission?</tt>
<br><tt>umask
no
anonymous
# umask permission?</tt>
<br><tt>upload /home/ftp
*
no</tt>
<br><tt>upload /home/ftp /incoming
yes root daemon 0600 dirs</tt>
<br><tt>upload /home/ftp
/bin
no</tt>
<br><tt>upload /home/ftp
/etc
no</tt>
<br><tt>alias inc: /incoming</tt>
<br><tt>cdpath /incoming</tt>
<br><tt>cdpath /pub</tt>
<br><tt>cdpath /</tt>
<br><tt>path-filter anonymous /etc/pathmsg ^[-A-Za-z0-9_\.]*$
^\. ^-</tt>
<br><tt>path-filter guest /etc/pathmsg
^[-A-Za-z0-9_\.]*$ ^\. ^-</tt>
<br><tt>guestgroup ftponly</tt>
<br><tt>email user@hostname</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt># in /etc/ftpuser</tt>
<br><tt>root</tt>
<br><tt>uucp</tt>
<br><tt>news</tt>
<br><tt></tt>
<br><tt></tt>
<br><tt></tt> </html>
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From: "PlzBeMine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Telnet
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:37:47 +0800
What is the command line for sending email using telnet?
Thanks...
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