Autocovariance equal to variance

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I guess it is a stupid question with an easy answer, namely: no. But I have discussed with someone claiming it's possible, so I am confused.

Consider a vector of random variables $(X_1, X_2, ..., X_n)$, each coming from the same distribution (if anyone is familiar with the process time models - it's process time model A).

Is it possible that the autocovariance function equal variance? In other words, I was told to consider the situation that autocovariance is constant and equal to variance.

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Hint: Assume that it is, and calculate the correlation coefficient for any two samples, say $X_s,X_t$.