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-#!/bin/bash
-################################################################################
-#   OpenAirInterface
-#   Copyright(c) 1999 - 2014 Eurecom
-#
-#    OpenAirInterface is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#
-#    OpenAirInterface is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with OpenAirInterface.The full GNU General Public License is
-#    included in this distribution in the file called "COPYING". If not,
-#    see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#  Contact Information
-#  OpenAirInterface Admin: openair_admin@eurecom.fr
-#  OpenAirInterface Tech : openair_tech@eurecom.fr
-#  OpenAirInterface Dev  : openair4g-devel@eurecom.fr
-#
-#  Address      : Eurecom, Campus SophiaTech, 450 Route des Chappes, CS 50193 - 06904 Biot Sophia Antipolis cedex, FRANCE
-#
-################################################################################
-# file start_hss.bash
-# brief
-# author Lionel Gauthier
-# company Eurecom
-# email: lionel.gauthier@eurecom.fr
-###########################################
-# INPUT OF THIS SCRIPT: NONE
-#########################################
-# This script start HSS component
-
-#
-
-###########################################################
-THIS_SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
-. $THIS_SCRIPT_PATH/utils.bash
-###########################################################
-
-HSS_CONFIG_FILE="$OPENAIRCN_DIR/OPENAIRHSS/conf/hss.conf"
-
-######################################
-# CHECK MISC SOFTWARES AND LIBS      #
-######################################
-#check_install_hss_software
-
-######################################
-# compile HSS                        #
-######################################
-compile_hss
-
-######################################
-# Check realm in certificate         #
-######################################
-TMP_FILE="/tmp/$(basename $0).$RANDOM.txt"
-sed -r 's/\s+//g' $HSS_CONFIG_FILE > $TMP_FILE
-source $TMP_FILE
-rm -f  $TMP_FILE
-
-TMP_FILE="/tmp/$(basename $0).$RANDOM.txt"
-sed -r 's/\s+//g' $OPENAIRCN_DIR/OPENAIRHSS/conf/$FD_conf | grep Identity | tr -d ";\"" | cut -d '=' -f2 > $TMP_FILE
-HSS_IDENTITY=$(cat $TMP_FILE)
-# we should replace 'hss' with hostname
-REALM=${HSS_IDENTITY##hss}
-REALM=${REALM##.}
-echo "REALM FOUND=$REALM"
-# arg is realm
-check_hss_s6a_certificate $REALM
-
-######################################
-# LAUNCH HSS                         #
-######################################
-$OPENAIRCN_DIR/OPENAIRHSS/objs/openair-hss -c $HSS_CONFIG_FILE
-
-