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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _passphrase_callback(passphrase):
    '''
    Returns a callback function used to supply a passphrase for private keys
    '''
    def f(*args):
        return salt.utils.stringutils.to_bytes(passphrase)
    return f