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    <p>IIRC, that is because it is trying to do the 'configless' feature
      of slurm 20 where it uses DNS entries to find the config.</p>
    <p>This will happen if /etc/slurm.conf does not exist on the node.</p>
    <p>Check that you have that and that it is the same as the one on
      the master.</p>
    <p>Brian Andrus<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/24/2020 7:03 AM, Lars Kloo wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear
            Sean,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">’/usr/local/sbin/slurmd
            -D –vvvv’ gave the following error (same as when running
            from systemctl):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">slurmd:
            error: _fetch_child: failed to fetch remote configs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I
            have debug level 5 for both slurmctld and slurmd in
            slurm.conf, so there may be little more to extract in form
            of messages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I
            am starting to think that the error is in the set-up files
            of named, alternatively in the network interface scripts.
            They should work, but slurmd seems to require more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">/etc/resolv.conf
            looks correct with both internal and external nameservers
            and domains on the master, and only the internal on the
            client<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">However,
            tracking the master named log file while starting slurmd on
            the client, it looks like slurmd is not offered the internal
            domain. When those attempts are exhausted, slurmd is
            directed to the external nameserver/domain (which will not
            give the information necessary). The difference is that the
            external domain is explicitly given in the named log file,
            whereas the internal domain is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Disabling
            IPv6 in /etc/named.conf removes the error messages in the
            named log file, but the above slurmd error persists.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Possibly,
            my approach to solving the DNS/SRV problem may be too
            primitive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best
            regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Lars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
              lang="SV">Från:</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
            lang="SV"> slurm-users
            [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:slurm-users-bounces@lists.schedmd.com">mailto:slurm-users-bounces@lists.schedmd.com</a>] <b>För </b>Sean
            Crosby<br>
            <b>Skickat:</b> den 24 augusti 2020 13:44<br>
            <b>Till:</b> Slurm User Community List
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com"><slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com></a><br>
            <b>Ämne:</b> Re: [slurm-users] [EXT] Slurmd problem on
            client<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Make sure slurmd on the client is
              stopped, and then run it in verbose mode in the foreground<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">e.g.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">/usr/local/slurm/latest/sbin/slurmd -D
              -vvvvv<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Then post the output<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">--<br>
                  Sean Crosby | Senior DevOpsHPC Engineer and HPC Team
                  Lead<br>
                  Research Computing Services | Business Services<br>
                  The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 at 21:11, Lars Kloo
              <<a href="mailto:larsa@kth.se" moz-do-not-send="true">larsa@kth.se</a>>
              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b>UoM notice: </b>External
                          email. Be cautious of links, attachments, or
                          impersonation attempts<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks
                    Sean,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Yes,
                    the regular slurm commands work from the client.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The
                    firewalld daemon have been stopped/disabled, and
                    iptables are set to let everything through, on both
                    the master and the client. I should have mentioned
                    that in the list of prerequisites in my initial
                    e-mail.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Best
                    regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Lars</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
                      lang="SV">Från:</span></b><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
                    lang="SV"> slurm-users [mailto:<a
                      href="mailto:slurm-users-bounces@lists.schedmd.com"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">slurm-users-bounces@lists.schedmd.com</a>]
                    <b>För </b>Sean Crosby<br>
                    <b>Skickat:</b> den 24 augusti 2020 12:45<br>
                    <b>Till:</b> Slurm User Community List <<a
                      href="mailto:slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com</a>><br>
                    <b>Ämne:</b> Re: [slurm-users] [EXT] Slurmd problem
                    on client</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi
                      Lars,<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Do
                      the regular slurm commands work from the client?<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">e.g.
                      <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">squeue<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">scontrol
                      show part<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If
                      they don't, it would be a sign of communication
                      problems.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Is
                      there a software firewall running on the
                      master/client? <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sean<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <div>
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">--<br>
                          Sean Crosby | Senior DevOpsHPC Engineer and
                          HPC Team Lead<br>
                          Research Computing Services | Business
                          Services<br>
                          The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
                          Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
                      </div>
                    </div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <p class="MsoNormal"
                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On
                      Mon, 24 Aug 2020 at 20:02, Lars Kloo <<a
                        href="mailto:larsa@kth.se" target="_blank"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">larsa@kth.se</a>>
                      wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                  </div>
                  <blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                  style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>UoM
                                    notice: </b>External email. Be
                                  cautious of links, attachments, or
                                  impersonation attempts<o:p></o:p></p>
                              </td>
                            </tr>
                          </tbody>
                        </table>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
                          align="center">
                          <hr width="100%" size="2" align="center"></div>
                      </div>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I
                          have a client slurmd problem, that I cannot
                          really figure out how to solve. I would be
                          grateful for any suggestions on how to move
                          forward.<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The
                          master computer on a small local calculational
                          cluster is getting quite old, and therefore I
                          am currently in the process of exchanging it.
                          I also use one calculational node for the
                          basic master-client set-up of all programs,
                          including slurm. Some basic data: CentOS 7.7,
                          slurm 20.02.4.<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Setting
                          up the systemctld on the master node is
                          (seemingly) straightforward. Getting slurmd to
                          work on the client appears more complicated. I
                          get the following error message (journalctl
                          –xe) when starting slurmd on the client:<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Aug
                          24 11:01:34 cpu3.calc.cluster slurmd[9002]:
                          error: _fetch_child: failed to fetch remote
                          configs<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">No
                          useful error messages are obtained from
                          ‘systemctl –l status slurmd.service’ on the
                          client, slurmd.log on the client, nor
                          slurmctld.log on the master.<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">In
                          this context, the following should be noted:<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p
class="gmail-m2476182093536264129gmail-m7923536546226815014msolistparagraph">-<span
                            style="font-size:7.0pt">          </span>root
                          and test user exist on the master and client;
                          same uid and gid on both machines<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p
class="gmail-m2476182093536264129gmail-m7923536546226815014msolistparagraph">-<span
                            style="font-size:7.0pt">          </span>ping
                          works in both directions (master <->
                          client)<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p
class="gmail-m2476182093536264129gmail-m7923536546226815014msolistparagraph">-<span
                            style="font-size:7.0pt">          </span>passphrase-free
                          ssh login work in both directions for both
                          root and for a test user<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p
class="gmail-m2476182093536264129gmail-m7923536546226815014msolistparagraph">-<span
                            style="font-size:7.0pt">          </span>munged
                          is running and with the same key on both
                          machines<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p
class="gmail-m2476182093536264129gmail-m7923536546226815014msolistparagraph">-<span
                            style="font-size:7.0pt">          </span>the
                          same slurm.conf is read from the master and
                          from the client<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p
class="gmail-m2476182093536264129gmail-m7923536546226815014msolistparagraph">-<span
                            style="font-size:7.0pt">          </span>named
                          (bind) has been set up on the master, and
                          nslookup and dig work properly on the client<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p
class="gmail-m2476182093536264129gmail-m7923536546226815014msolistparagraph">-<span
                            style="font-size:7.0pt">          </span>the
                          ‘forward’ zone file of named on the master
                          (DNS) contains the recommended SRV record
                          directing slurmctld requests to port 6817 on
                          the master (syntax seems ok, i.e. no error
                          messages)<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I
                          have also tried to start slurmd in a
                          config-less mode (slurm.conf edited on the
                          master) with the suggested environment
                          variable set (slurmd on the client). Then,
                          slurmd starts without error messages, but
                          slurmctld on the master cannot communicate
                          with slurmd on the client.<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Has
                          anyone encountered a similar problem --- and
                          how did you solve it? Or, do you have any
                          suggestions where to start looking?<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Many
                          thanks for input, and best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Lars<o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D">//////////////////////////////~~~_/)~~~\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D">                           
                            Lars Kloo, Prof.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D">    Tillämpad
                            fysikalisk kemi        Applied Physical
                            Chemistry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D">    Institutionen
                            för kemi           Dept. of Chemistry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D">    Kungliga
                            Tekniska högskolan      Royal Inst. of
                            Technology (KTH)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D">    </span><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">100
                            44  STOCKHOLM                SE-100 44
                            Stockholm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">                                    
                            SWEDEN</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">   
                            Tel: 08-790 9343                 Tel:
                            +46-8-790 9343</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">   
                            Fax: 08-790 9349                 Fax:
                            +46-8-790 9349</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">   
                            E-post: </span><a
                            href="mailto:lakloo@kth.se" target="_blank"
                            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                              style="font-family:"Courier
                              New";color:purple" lang="EN-US">lakloo@kth.se</span></a><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">           
                            E-mail: </span><a
                            href="mailto:lakloo@kth.se" target="_blank"
                            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                              style="font-family:"Courier
                              New";color:purple" lang="EN-US">lakloo@kth.se</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">            
                            WWW: </span><a
                            href="http://www.kth.se/che/divisions/tfk"
                            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                              style="font-family:"Courier
                              New";color:purple" lang="EN-US">http://www.kth.se/che/divisions/tfk</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="font-family:"Courier
                            New";color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US">\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\~~~_/)~~~//////////////////////////////</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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