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-chomp($hostname= `uname -n`); $? and die;
+chomp($nodename= `uname -n`); $? and die "uname $?";
+chomp($username= `whoami`); $? and die "whoami $?";
+
+@he= gethostbyname $nodename or die "gethostbyname $nodename ?";
+@hostnames= ($he[0], split /\s/, $he[1]);
+($hostname)= grep /\./, @hostnames or die "no fqdn in @hostnames";
+
+$nodename =~ s/\..*//;
+$xbindir= '/usr/bin/X11';
+
+chomp($uname= `uname`); $? and die "platform $?";
+if ($uname =~ m/^Linux$/) {
+ chomp($_= `uname -m`); $? and die "platform $?";
+ if (m/^i\d86/) {
+ $platform= 'linux-i386';
+ } else {
+ die "$_ ?";
+ }
+} elsif ($uname =~ m/^SunOS$/) {
+ chomp($_= `uname -r`); $? and die "platform $?";
+ m/^\d+\.\d+/ or die "$_ ?";
+ $platform= "SunOS$&";
+ $xbindir= '/usr/openwin/bin';
+} elsif ($uname =~ m/^FreeBSD/) {
+ chomp($_= `uname -r`); $? and die "platform $?";
+ m/^(\d+\.\d+)\-/ or die "$_ ?";
+ $platform= "FreeBSD-$1";
+ $xbindir= '/usr/X11R6/bin';
+} elsif ($uname =~ m/^HP\-UX/) {
+ chomp($_= `uname -r`); $? and die "platform $?";
+ m/^B\.(\d+\.\d+)$/ or die "$_ ?";
+ $platform= "HP-UX$1";
+} elsif ($uname =~ m/^AIX/) {
+ chomp($_= `uname -rv`); $? and die "platform $?";
+ m/^\d+ (\d+)$/ or die "$_ ?";
+ $platform= "AIX$1";
+} else {
+ die "$uname ?";
+}
+
+$ncipher= $hostname =~ m/\.(ncipher\.com$)/ ? 'cam' :
+ $hostname =~ m/\.(ncipherusa\.com$)/ ? 'bos' :
+ 0;
+
+$chiark= $hostname =~ m/chiark/;
+
+%ncipherdom= ('cam' => 'ncipher.com',
+ 'bos' => 'ncipherusa.com');