diff --git a/test_suite/mars/test_cases/bugs.conf b/test_suite/mars/test_cases/bugs.conf
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2010-2013 Frank Liepold /  1&1 Internet AG
+#
+# Email: frank.liepold@1und1.de
+#
+# This program 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 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+#####################################################################
+
+## up to now there are no config variables defined, but the file must exist
+## due to the directory structure if you want to use --config_root_dir=<test suite dir>/test_cases
diff --git a/test_suite/mars/test_cases/multiresource.conf b/test_suite/mars/test_cases/multiresource.conf
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2010-2013 Frank Liepold /  1&1 Internet AG
+#
+# Email: frank.liepold@1und1.de
+#
+# This program 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 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+#####################################################################
+
+## up to now there are no config variables defined, but the file must exist
+## due to the directory structure if you want to use --config_root_dir=<test suite dir>/test_cases
diff --git a/test_suite/mars/test_cases/stabil.conf b/test_suite/mars/test_cases/stabil.conf
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/test_suite/mars/test_cases/stabil.conf
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2010-2013 Frank Liepold /  1&1 Internet AG
+#
+# Email: frank.liepold@1und1.de
+#
+# This program 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 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+#####################################################################
+
+## up to now there are no config variables defined, but the file must exist
+## due to the directory structure if you want to use --config_root_dir=<test suite dir>/test_cases