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hobbit problem with bbtest
by hrempel＠bgchemie.de 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hello everybody, Since 7 month I use hobbit to observe the availability of our VSE, VM and Linux systems running on IBM z9. The hobbit-server 4.2.0 is running in sles10 sp2 on this IBM z9. Everything worked well until last friday. In the Current Staus screen the icons for bbd, bbtest, http and the complete conn column changed from green to purple (no report). After a system reboot everything seems to be ok again because all icons were green. But after some time the problem was back, the icons for bbd, bbtest, http and the complete conn column changed from green to purple (no report). When I log on to hobbit and run 'bbtest-net' manually all purple icons change to green except the bbtest icon (still purple). After a while the already mentioned icon will change to purple again. So it looks to me that bbtest-net will not restart after the interval of 5 min. I have reduced the number of observed hosts from 20 to 10 and inserted --concurrency=N in the hobbitlaunch.cfg. But the problem still exists. Here is a part of my hobbitlaunch.cfg # "bbnet" runs the bbtest-net tool to perform the network based tests - i.e. http, smtp, ssh, dns and # all of the various network protocols we need to test. [bbnet] ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse --concurrency=N LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log INTERVAL 5m These are my running hobbit processes lx100:/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc # ps afx|grep hobbit|grep -v grep 14314 ? Ss 0:04 /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg --env=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid 14315 ? S 0:13 \_ hobbitd --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.pid --restart=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 --store-clientlogs=!msgs 14316 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=stachg --log=/var/log/hobbit/history.log hobbitd_history 14317 ? S 0:00 | \_ hobbitd_history 14318 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=clichg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hostdata.log hobbitd_hostdata 14319 ? S 0:00 | \_ hobbitd_hostdata 14320 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=page --log=/var/log/hobbit/page.log hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 14322 ? S 0:01 | \_ hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 14321 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd --extra-script=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/zvmvse.sh --extra-tests=procs 14323 ? S 0:05 | \_ hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd --extra-script=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/zvmvse.sh --extra-tests=procs 14324 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=data --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-data.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd 14325 ? S 0:01 | \_ hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd 14326 ? S 0:00 \_ hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=/var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log hobbitd_client 14327 ? S 0:02 | \_ hobbitd_client 13039 ? S 0:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 1>/usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.localhost.13022 2>&1; mv /usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.localhost.13022 /usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.localhost lx100:/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc # I cannot see any errormessage. There is enough space in the filesystem. Is it necessary to create a crontab entry to start bbtest-net every 5 min? My colleagues promissed me, that they have nothing changed. I have no idea what happended. Every hint is appreciated. kind regards Horst Rempel

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RRD Step Value
by MFisher＠hra.com 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Hey, Is there a way to change the default step time from 300 seconds (5 min) to some other value in the RRD creation process?

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Ack events sent to multiple BBDISP (issue with bback.cgi and cookies)
by nico＠crysto.org 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

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Installing Hobit Client in HPUX
by Davis.Jacob＠McKesson.com 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hi, A quick introduction, I am Davis Jacob a member of the System Engineering team. I am getting a problem when trying to install the client in HPUX machine. When I untar the client version, I get this message; tar -xvf hobbit_hpux.tar x ./etc/rc.config.d/hobbit-client, 880 bytes, 2 tape blocks x ./sbin/init.d/hobbit-client, 3497 bytes, 7 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/bb, 82172 bytes, 161 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/bbcmd, 69884 bytes, 137 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/bbhostgrep, 86268 bytes, 169 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/bbhostshow, 69884 bytes, 137 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-aix.sh, 1452 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-darwin.sh, 1164 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-freebsd.sh, 1462 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-hp-ux.sh, 1565 bytes, 4 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-linux.sh, 1363 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-netbsd.sh, 1399 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-openbsd.sh, 1396 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-osf1.sh, 1346 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-sunos.sh, 1652 bytes, 4 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh, 1387 bytes, 3 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch, 78076 bytes, 153 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hpux-meminfo, 20732 bytes, 41 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg, 349 bytes, 1 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg, 1783 bytes, 4 tape blocks x ./usr/local/libexec/hobbit/client/runclient.sh, 2962 bytes, 6 tape blocks x ./usr/local/var/run/hobbitclient-runtime.cfg, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks But I don't see any installable in it. The HPUX version running is B.11.11 Can you please help me with this. Thanks in advance, Davis

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badsmtp not working for yellow / unexpected response string?
by knielsen＠knielsen-hq.org 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hi, I am using Hobbit 4.2.0 (Ubuntu Hardy package) to monitor a few hosts. I occasionally get yellow alarm on an "smtp" test, like this: Thu Apr 2 12:02:14 2009 smtp NOT ok Service smtp on mail.askmonty.org is not OK : Unexpected service response Seconds: 0.138234 They seem sporadic (they next test 30 seconds later it is ok again), and I don't really know how to fix it, so I would like to use the badTEST feature to only get an alert if it stays bad for at least 3 attempts: 195.218.93.115 mail.askmonty.org # smtp badsmtp:1:3:5 Now, this works as I expect if the smtp service goes RED: the test goes clear after one attempt, then yellow, and only red after 5 failed attempts. However, it does not seem to work for the above yellow warning; the test goes to yellow immediately upon the first failed test. I checked the docs on badTEST (http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/bb-hosts.5.html) but it was not 100% clear to me whether this is expected behaviour or not? Is there a way to make badTEST work for yellow alarms like the one above, as well as red? Is it a bug? Thanks, - Kristian.

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problems with socksified bbtest-net and https over proxy
by rene.burkhardt＠ch.ibm.com 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hi, I have setup hobbit in an environment with many DMZ's separated by firewalls. I can monitor many services by starting bbtest-net via ssh on remote hosts and forwarding the hobbit port with this same ssh connection to get the results returned. But some services can only be reached over proxies and/or socks. This poses some problems: 1. bbtest-net does not support https over a proxy. I have seen that this requirement is on the TOTO list. Is someone working on this, and will this feature be implemented in the future? As a workaround I have developed a script using curl, but this does not scale well for large number of URL's, and does not deliver the certificate information. 2. I have also tried to run bbtest-net socksified to test servers via socks. With version 4.2.0 this works somehow but returns per monitor an error 'select failed - EINTR' and if many monitors are long-running, the bbtest-net program can hang. With version 4.2.3 bbtest-net core-dumps, except if it is called with the parameters '--dns=ip --noping --no-ares', and in this it case delivers the same error message. Freundliche Grüsse / Kind regards René Burkhardt IBM Certified Advanced IBM Switzerland Ltd rene.burkhardt at ch.ibm.com Websphere Administrator Binningerstrasse 2 Phone: +41 58 33 33 108 ITDelivery Austria & 4142 Münchenstein Mobile: Switzerland Senior IT Specialist Middleware/Network

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[BULK] RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

OK, so hobbit runs using user 'bb'. Which fping returns "/usr/local/sbin/fping" Ls -l `which fping` returns (-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 73958 Sep 22 2004 /usr/local/sbin/fping) Is this what you thought?? Why do you think other ping tests seem to work?? Does hobbit install an smtp server or client *OR* is this something setup separately?? Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:02 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [BULK] RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Importance: Low I work mostly with Solaris, so I am not sure what really works on your Linux system, but... A) you can maybe run "top" from a terminal and look for processes with "hobbit" in their name. A similar, more focused method would be to run "ps -ef | grep hobbit" and see what gets listed. My *guess* is that a user called "hobbit" may have created as part of the package installation? B) Josh probably meant for you to use the "backticks" instead of double quotes on the command. You can do it in two steps by running $ which fping followed by $ ls -l <whatever which returns> -- the point is to see if your fping has been setuid to root, which would allow a non-privileged user to run fping. Normally Hobbit runs as a non-privileged user. I don't know what to say about the mailer issue, other than if this is a new system someone may have set up a bogus mail forwarder, or it might be using DNS to find a forwarder for a specific domain. GLH -----Original Message----- From: Goodridge, David [mailto:DGoodridge at somervillema.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:31 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Hi Greg, How do I know if hobbit is using fping?? Root was able to use fping. Hobbit user can not. Actually, how do I know what user is for hobbit?? The 216.20.121.4 is not an smtp server and I received a connection refused. Ls -l "which fping" <-- says no such file or directory Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:47 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Are you using fping? Can the hobbit user run fping? Seems like you have to do some fiddling because fping requires root, and the symptom is red connectivity tests for everything in the bb-hosts file. This is a dim memory from when I first set up Hobbit several years ago... GLH -----Original Message----- From: Goodridge, David [mailto:DGoodridge at somervillema.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:37 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Hi Josh, Issue 1 - Now, if I look at status page, the status is red, but I can ping the ip from the hobbit server Bb-hosts for this test is as follows: 216.20.63.145 mec-dns1 # NET:brutus 216.20.63.147 mec-dns2 # NET:brutus Hobbit-alerts.cfg (omitted comments) --------- $pg-city-email=MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov,edasilva at somervillema.gov $pg-sps-email=MAIL sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us $IGNPAT=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server) $IGNPAT2=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server|sps*|finance) $SCHOOLS=%(sps|finance) EXPAGE=sps-servers COLOR=red MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov EXPAGE=sps-servers,achieve EXHOST=%(svf-nt|svfunix|somerville|spd-mail|spd-main) EXSERVICE=%(if_stat|http) TIME=12345:0800:17 00 COLOR=red SCRIPT /bb/hms/server/ext/page-limit.pl 6175629776 at myairmail.com $pg-city-email PAGE=sps-servers TIME=0123456:0000:2400 $pg-sps-email HOST=%(SIS-WEB-01|SIS-DATA-01) MAIL jbreslin at k12.somerville.ma.us,sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Issue 1 - what is your hobbit-alert.conf Issue 2 - no hobbit uses the mail command. Can you give us more detail as to what the email error is? On 4/1/09, Goodridge, David <DGoodridge at somervillema.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at > some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. > > Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on > status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. > > Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed > it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of > messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure > why it's trying to connect to that server. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Xymonton look
by Galen.Johnson＠sas.com 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hey, I'm thinking of updating the theme for Xymonton. If you would, check out http://www.trantor.org/xymonton and let me know what you think. I tried a few of themes this weekend and I liked this one best. Note, I also ported the "Unofficial Users Guide" from TJ's site under the support tab. I wouldn't recommend making any updates to this site as they won't be reflected in the production xymonton pages. =G=

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[hobbit] Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi Greg, How do I know if hobbit is using fping?? Root was able to use fping. Hobbit user can not. Actually, how do I know what user is for hobbit?? The 216.20.121.4 is not an smtp server and I received a connection refused. Ls -l "which fping" <-- says no such file or directory Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:47 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Are you using fping? Can the hobbit user run fping? Seems like you have to do some fiddling because fping requires root, and the symptom is red connectivity tests for everything in the bb-hosts file. This is a dim memory from when I first set up Hobbit several years ago... GLH -----Original Message----- From: Goodridge, David [mailto:DGoodridge at somervillema.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:37 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Hi Josh, Issue 1 - Now, if I look at status page, the status is red, but I can ping the ip from the hobbit server Bb-hosts for this test is as follows: 216.20.63.145 mec-dns1 # NET:brutus 216.20.63.147 mec-dns2 # NET:brutus Hobbit-alerts.cfg (omitted comments) --------- $pg-city-email=MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov,edasilva at somervillema.gov $pg-sps-email=MAIL sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us $IGNPAT=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server) $IGNPAT2=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server|sps*|finance) $SCHOOLS=%(sps|finance) EXPAGE=sps-servers COLOR=red MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov EXPAGE=sps-servers,achieve EXHOST=%(svf-nt|svfunix|somerville|spd-mail|spd-main) EXSERVICE=%(if_stat|http) TIME=12345:0800:17 00 COLOR=red SCRIPT /bb/hms/server/ext/page-limit.pl 6175629776 at myairmail.com $pg-city-email PAGE=sps-servers TIME=0123456:0000:2400 $pg-sps-email HOST=%(SIS-WEB-01|SIS-DATA-01) MAIL jbreslin at k12.somerville.ma.us,sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Issue 1 - what is your hobbit-alert.conf Issue 2 - no hobbit uses the mail command. Can you give us more detail as to what the email error is? On 4/1/09, Goodridge, David <DGoodridge at somervillema.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at > some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. > > Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on > status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. > > Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed > it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of > messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure > why it's trying to connect to that server. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

The other weird thing is that the status goes back and forth between RED and GREEN. -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:47 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Are you using fping? Can the hobbit user run fping? Seems like you have to do some fiddling because fping requires root, and the symptom is red connectivity tests for everything in the bb-hosts file. This is a dim memory from when I first set up Hobbit several years ago... GLH -----Original Message----- From: Goodridge, David [mailto:DGoodridge at somervillema.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:37 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Hi Josh, Issue 1 - Now, if I look at status page, the status is red, but I can ping the ip from the hobbit server Bb-hosts for this test is as follows: 216.20.63.145 mec-dns1 # NET:brutus 216.20.63.147 mec-dns2 # NET:brutus Hobbit-alerts.cfg (omitted comments) --------- $pg-city-email=MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov,edasilva at somervillema.gov $pg-sps-email=MAIL sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us $IGNPAT=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server) $IGNPAT2=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server|sps*|finance) $SCHOOLS=%(sps|finance) EXPAGE=sps-servers COLOR=red MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov EXPAGE=sps-servers,achieve EXHOST=%(svf-nt|svfunix|somerville|spd-mail|spd-main) EXSERVICE=%(if_stat|http) TIME=12345:0800:17 00 COLOR=red SCRIPT /bb/hms/server/ext/page-limit.pl 6175629776 at myairmail.com $pg-city-email PAGE=sps-servers TIME=0123456:0000:2400 $pg-sps-email HOST=%(SIS-WEB-01|SIS-DATA-01) MAIL jbreslin at k12.somerville.ma.us,sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Issue 1 - what is your hobbit-alert.conf Issue 2 - no hobbit uses the mail command. Can you give us more detail as to what the email error is? On 4/1/09, Goodridge, David <DGoodridge at somervillema.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at > some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. > > Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on > status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. > > Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed > it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of > messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure > why it's trying to connect to that server. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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